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Model polling booth at President's Estate

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 06 2015 | 8:35 PM IST

A model polling booth has been set up at Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in President's Estate for the Feb 7 Delhi Assembly Election.

Seventy model polling stations, one for each constituency, have been set up in Delhi, officials said.

A model polling booth would have facilities apart from the basic minimum like display board conveying the name of location, polling station number, assembly constituency and National Emblem.

These would also have facilities including emergency light for power back-up, stickers with logos of ECI on three sides of the voting compartment, furniture for polling personnel drinking water, queue manager of steel with nylon separator, first aid and volunteers to assist differently-abled and senior citizens, they said.

These model polling stations will also be decorated.

A total 1,33,09,078 electors - 73,89,089 males, 59,19,127 females and 862 of the third gender - are eligible to vote to select their choice from 673 candidates.

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First Published: Feb 06 2015 | 8:28 PM IST

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