Draft electoral roll published for 1,247 polling stations; district has 9.70 lakh voters

A meeting was held on Thursday at the Collectorate conference hall, as per the schedule fixed by the Election Commission of India, to brief representatives of political parties and the media on the publication of the draft electoral roll. Deputy Collector Bajrang Bahadur Singh gave the briefing.

Representatives of recognised political parties were given a printed copy of the district's electoral roll, along with a DVD containing the soft copy.

The meeting was told that the draft roll was published on Thursday at all 1,247 polling stations in the Pandhana, Mandhata, Harsud and Khandwa assembly constituencies of the district. From Thursday until December 11, the concerned BLOs (booth level officers) will sit at all polling stations on working days with the roll and take claims and objections from citizens. All claims and objections received by electoral registration officers will be disposed of by December 28. As per the schedule, the final roll will be published on January 4, 2027, the Deputy Collector said.

The district has 1,247 polling stations in all: 280 in Mandhata, 298 in Harsud, 324 in Khandwa and 345 in Pandhana.

The district currently has 9,70,571 voters, of whom 4,99,878 are men, 4,70,675 are women and 18 are of other genders.

By constituency, Mandhata has 2,13,616 voters: 1,10,042 men, 1,03,571 women and 3 others. Harsud has 2,26,143 voters: 1,18,120 men, 1,08,019 women and 4 others.

Khandwa has 2,49,891 voters: 1,27,131 men, 1,22,753 women and 7 others. Pandhana has 2,80,921 voters: 1,44,585 men, 1,36,332 women and 4 others. The district's gender ratio is 941.58, the meeting was told.