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Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg on Sunday said that according to the reports received at the state headquarters, the approximate voting percentage for the recently held assembly election in the state is 75.6 percent.
He said 74.6 percent votes were cast through electronic voting machines (EVMs) while one percent votes were polled through postal ballots, taking the total turnout to 75.6 percent so far. Almost two percent postal ballots are yet to be received, Garg added.
The highest voting percentage of 85.25 percent was reported from Doon assembly constituency and the lowest of 62.53 percent from Shimla seat.
Garg said that the State Election Department in 2022 Vidhan Sabha Elections has put a lot of focus on the constituencies with low voter turnout in the 2017 polls.
“We launched SVEEP and voter awareness activities under the UTSAV (Universal Transparent Elections through Systematic Voter Awareness) programme. There was a special focus on 11 assembly constituencies of the state,” he added.
A comparative analysis of these constituencies – Dharampur, Jaisinghpur, Shimla, Baijnath, Bhoranj, Solan, Kasumpati, Sarkaghat, Jaswan Pragpur, Hamirpur and Badsar – revealed that out of 11 these constituencies, the voter turnout subsequently improved in 9 of them by up to. 7 percent, he said.
The increase in Dharampur seat was from 6.93 percent from 63.6 percent in 2017 to 70.54 percent in the 2022 assembly election,
Similarly, in Jaisinghpur the percentage increased from 63.79 in 2017 to 65.31, in Bhoranj from 65.04 percent in 2017 to 68.55 percent in the latest assembly poll.
In Solan, the voting increased from 66.45 percent to 66.84, in Barsar, from 69.06 to 71.17 percent, in Hamirpur from 68.52 to 71.28 percent, in Jaswan-Pragpur from 68.41 to 73.67 percent, in Sarkaghaj to 667.23 percent. cent and in Kasumpati from 66.86 to 68.24 percent.
However, in Shimla (U) and Baijnath, the percentage decreased slightly from 63.93 percent in the 2017 assembly poll to 62.53 and from 64.92 in the last assembly election to 63.46 in the 2022 poll respectively.
The CEO stated that the Election Commission of India during their visit to the state also asked and guided us to focus on low turnout assembly constituencies.
He said the strong rooms were sealed with a three-tier security system and the screening was completed in the presence of ECI Observers, candidates or their representatives and ROs.
As many as 240 Flying Squads were deputed in all 68 assembly segments, in addition to 242 Static Surveillance teams, 75 Assistant Expenditure Observers, 166 Video Surveillance teams, 72 video viewing teams, 73 accounting teams, 53 Complaint monitoring control rooms and Call Centers at Returning Officer. (RO) and District Election Officer (DEO) and CEO level, 13 Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) and paid news at CEO and DEO level and 13 expenditure monitoring cells at CEO, DEO level round the clock.
The CEO said that out of a total of 1,779 complaints received during this period, 292 were closed after investigation, and corrective action was taken and compliance was reported in as many as 1308 complaints.
“Out of these, 1013 complaints were received over C-Vigil, out of which corrective actions were taken in respect of 861 complaints,” he said.
Garg attributed the increase in complaints to the awareness generated by the election machinery about the ECI App and also the vigilant citizens of the state to report violations on the application, helping in better enforcement of Model Code of Conduct during the election.
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