1,184 centenarians to cast their vote in Himachal

Himachal Pradesh will go to polls on November 12 to elect its next government and the results will be declared on December 8, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday.
There are 1,184 voters in Himachal whose age is more than 100 years that are going to cast their vote in an upcoming Assembly election of Himachal Pradesh. Election Commission Chief Rajiv Kumar held a press conference on Friday to announce the assembly elections. During this, he told that in the upcoming elections every polling station will be on the ground floor only. Efforts have been made to provide polling stations to all the people within two km of their homes. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told the media that 55 lakh voters in Himachal will cast their vote on November 12. The Election Commission said that a gazette notification will be issued on October 17. At the same time, the last date for nomination is October 25. The scrutiny of nominations will continue till October 27. Candidates will be able to withdraw their names till October 29. Himachal will go to polls in a single phase on November 12. After this, the results will be declared after the counting of votes on December 8. The last date to complete the election process in the state is December 10.
The EC has said that there are 55 lakh voters in Himachal Pradesh. In this, 27 lakh 80 thousand are men, and 27 lakh 27 thousand are women that will participate in this festival of democracy.
The number of service personnel involved in the election will be 67 thousand 532. Apart from this, there are 1.22 lakh voters above 80 years of age. Along with this, there are 1,184 voters whose age is more than 100 years.