Residents of Madurai district above 18 years of age can continue to submit Form 6 for inclusion of their name in the electoral roll so as to cast their votes in the ensuing Lok Sabha election, Election Officer and Madurai Collector S. Natarajan said here on Thursday.
They can submit their applications both online and offline. He also said that people who have shifted their house can apply for change of address. “We want to ensure that everyone who has shifted from the original address are registered in the new address, for which we are conducting checks in households,” he said.
Mr. Natarajan said facilities such as ramps and chairs would be provided at all polling stations to make them differently abled-friendly. “We have location-wise count of differently abled voters and will keep wheelchairs wherever necessary,” he said.
Madurai parliamentary constituency has 15,20,728 voters - 7,50,321 men; 7,70,328 women; and 79 others. It is comprised of the Assembly constituencies of Madurai North, Madurai South, Madurai East, Madurai West, Madurai Central and Melur.
As for the four other Assembly constituencies in Madurai district, Sholavandan and Usilampatti belong to Theni Lok Sabha constituency with 4,79,559 voters; Tirupparankundram and Tirumangalam Assembly segments come under Virudhunagar parliamentary constituency with 5,66,032 voters.
The total number of voters in Madurai district is 25,66,319 - 12,68,332 men; 12,97,864 women; and 123 others.
Of the 2,755 polling stations in the district, 680 have been identified as vulnerable and 75 as critical.
“As on March 2, there are 7,097 ballot units, 4,496 control units and 4,756 voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT),” Mr. Natarajan said.