There are 3,140 electors who are above 100 years of age in Chhattisgarh, State Chief Electoral Officer Subrat Sahoo informed on Thursday.
A total of 3,66,384 electors have been added in the special electoral revision conducted in the State and the final publication of the electoral roll has been done as per schedule of Election Commission of India, he said.
Addressing a Press conference here, Sahoo said as per the final publication there are 92,95,301 male electors while females number 92,49,459 and third gender voters are 1,059.
Similarly, the service voters have also registered increase of 1,317 now totalling 14,093 voters. Now the eligible electors who could not submit the application form can submit it online in specified format through nvsp.in.
Sahoo added 1,11,620 ‘Persons With Disabilities’ (PWD) have been identified as voters while there are 3,140 electors who are above 100 years of age. The maximum number of electors are in Raipur and the least are in Narayanpur district. There is one overseas elector.
On providing Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC), Sahoo said that the new electors would get it free of cost, while those having made necessary amendment, mainly correction in names and other details would have to apply through the tehsil/sub-tehsil office after submission of necessary fees.
The monitoring of election expenditure (EEM) for upcoming Assembly polls would be undertaken on daily basis as per the directives of the ECI. The list of standard rate would be fixed on different heads like vehicle, light, mike, tent, decoration, food, publicity materials and would be provided to districts and all political parties and candidates.
The suspicious transaction of Rs 1 lakh in NEFT/RTGS would also be monitored even that of close relatives of candidates whose bank account details have been provided by candidates. Similarly, the Excise Department team would be working to prevent distribution of liquor and storage among other activities including illegal transportation. All incidents would be videographed.
Sahoo added that all efforts are being made to create awareness under SVEEP programme and second round would also commence soon. The main aim is to link the eligible voters in electoral roll and then motivating them to use their right to vote. There is no target set for it.