Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 6 Voting: The General Elections 2024 are underway and are being held in a total of seven phases; out of the seven phases of voting, five have been completed, the sixth is underway today and the last phase will be held on June 1 after which on June 4, the results will be announced. Ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 6 which is being held in 58 constituencies across six states and two union territories, the Election Commission of India has asked the polling officers to take necessary measures and make adequate arrangements for the adverse weather conditions in the different states, especially the rising temperatures in the north including the Delhi Heatwave. Here’s what the poll body has asked the officers to do…
As mentioned earlier, the Election Commission has asked concerned Chief Electoral Officers and state authorities to take adequate measures to manage the adverse impact of hot weather or rainfall wherever predicted in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls. The poll panel has made adequate arrangements for the Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha polls to be held today.
The poll panel said that polling stations are ready to welcome the voters with ample shade, drinking water, ramps, toilets, and other basic facilities to ensure that polling takes place in a comfortable and secure environment. Polling parties have been dispatched along with machines and poll materials to their respective polling stations. The Commission has called upon voters to turn out in large numbers at polling stations and vote with responsibility and pride.
Polling is scheduled in 58 PCs across eight states/UTs. Haryana and NCT of Delhi will head to polls in this phase. Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal are the other states/UTs which will continue with their polls in this phase. Polling for 42 assembly constituencies for the Odisha State Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously. “Voters of PCs in urban centres like Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad are specially reminded about their right and duty to vote and break the trend of urban apathy,” Election Commission said in a release.
(Inputs from ANI)
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