A total of 20 polling stations will be set up in the district for the elections to be held on January 30, an official said.
A senior official said that there has been a drop of 7.5 per cent in the number of eligible voters for the upcoming MLC constituency elections in Thane as compared to the previous polls.
The election for the Konkan teachers’ constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Council will be held in Thane on January 30. Deputy Commissioner of Education, Anga Kadam has declared special casual holiday on this day, so that teachers and non-teaching staff can exercise their right to vote. Election.
Collector Ashok Shingare said that the teachers who have registered their names on the day of polling will get special casual leave and there will be holiday in the schools where polling stations have been set up.
“Special casual leave granted only to working teacher voters enrolled in electoral rolls (registered to vote) in Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) schools to exercise their right to vote on the day of election has been declared . Election department. Since that day is the working day of the school, instructions have been issued to the principals, senior teachers to plan the class of the school regarding the above implementation, so that no complaints come from the students and parents. Anagha Kadam, Free Press Journal reported.
A senior official said that there has been a decline of 7.5 per cent in the number of eligible voters in the upcoming elections as compared to the previous elections. Collector Ashok Shingare said that in the last election held in 2017, there were 15,736 voters in Thane district, while this time 14,683 voters had registered themselves. He said that 8,767 female and 5,916 male voters have registered themselves in the district. A total of 20 polling stations would be set up in the district for the elections to be held on January 30, the official said.
with PTI inputs
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