Ellenabad constituency adds 4,548 more voters

Chandigarh, September 30

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There has been an increase of 4,548 voters in the Ellenabad Assembly segment, where the bypoll is scheduled to be held on October 30.

Total 1,85,569 voters are now be eligible to vote as per the January 1, 2021, deadline for enrolment. Of these, 98,930 are male and 86,639 female voters, as per the website of the state Chief Electoral Officer.

This Assembly segment has a total of 190 polling stations, of which 166 are in rural areas and the rest 24 in urban areas. In the last Assembly poll, Ellenabad had a total of 1,81,021 voters.

Meanwhile, advocate Hemant Kumar said the Election Commission of India, in reply to his RTI query, had said the new voters can be enrolled till 10 days before the last date of filing nominations.

Since the last date of filing nominations is October 8 and the 10-day period lasts till September 28, there was going to be no addition to the voters’ list. The model code of conduct came into being on September 28 as the EC had announced the poll schedule on that date.

Notably, the bypoll had been necessitated due to the resignation of Abhay Chautala, INLD’s lone legislator in the Vidhan Sabha, in solidarity with the farmers opposing the three farm laws. — TNS