Sharad Pawar will not contest Lok Sabha polls this year
New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): NCP chief Sharad Pawar will not contest the Lok Sabha polls this year, media reports said.
The dates of the Lok Sabha polls was announced on Sunday.
The seventh phase of polling will be held on May 19.
Counting of votes will take place on May 23.
Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, said, "Total electorate this time is 900 million."
"Approximately 10 lakh polling station this year," he said.
"NOTA option will be there," he said.
15 million voters are this time aged between 18 and 19, said Arora.
"The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into effect from today itself in the entire country. Any violation will be death strictly," he said.
"Elaborate arrangement has been made for peaceful conduct of elections," Arora said.
Arora said: "Efforts are made to make voting process comfortable, specially for senior citizens."
Image: Sharad Pawar Twitter page
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
