Senior citizens and PwDs begin to vote from home

The exercise that began on Saturday will go on till April 18, and 36,691 citizens aged above 85 and 12,957 Persons with Disabilities have opted for this facility in the 14 segments that will go to the polls on April 26; in Bengaluru’s three constituencies

As many as 36,691 citizens aged above 85 and 12,957 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) have opted to vote from home in the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies that will go to the polls on April 26 in Karnataka.

Manoj Kumar Meena, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for Karnataka, said that the vote from home that began on Saturday will go on till April 18.

According to data from the Election Commission, Dakshina Kannada has the highest number of senior citizens (aged above 85) who have opted to vote from home. As many as 6,053 citizens from this constituency have given their consent to vote from home in the Form 12 D. UdupiChikkamagaluru, where 4,665 senior citizens have opted for this facility, follows Dakshina Kannada. Chamarajanagar has the least at 982, data showed.

In the PwD category, Chitradurga constituency tops the list with 2,059 persons opting for the facility. This is followed by Dakshina Kannada where 1,975 PwDs have opted for it. Bengaluru South constituency has the least where only 54 PwDs have opted for the facility.

In Bengaluru’s three constituencies, of 6,407 voters, 3,710 senior citizens and PwDs cast their votes on the first day.

With 70.14%, Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency has registered the highest voting percentage. In the Bengaluru Central constituency, of the 1,822 voters, about 1,278 people have voted. In Bengaluru North constituency, out of 2,062 voters, 945 have exercised their franchise. In Bengaluru South constituency, of the 2,523 voters, 1,487 people exercised their franchise.

The Congress candidate in Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency Mansoor Ali Khan has registered a complaint with the Election Commission of India alleging that some agents of the BJP accompanied poll officials to a few homes of elderly persons.

The complaint said that poll officials in four or five homes were mute spectators to the violation of the model code of conduct. The agents were present in the homes when the elderly persons voted. He urged the ECI to suspend these poll officials.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Home is where the vote is: Election officers helping a person vote from home in Bengaluru on Saturday.

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