Nagpur division has 2,55,603 graduate voters and 445 polling stations; BSP denies backing Congress nominee

A total of 2,55,603 graduate voters have been registered across the six districts of the division for the Nagpur division Legislative Council graduates' constituency election. They include 1,47,280 men, 1,08,301 women and 22 voters of other genders.

The election department said 445 polling stations have been set up for these voters across the division. Stations for each district have been fixed in proportion to the number of voters.

By district, Nagpur has the most voters at 1,44,466, with 246 polling stations. It is followed by Chandrapur with 32,262, Gondia with 22,176, Wardha with 21,742 and Bhandara with 21,349 voters. Gadchiroli has the fewest, with 13,608 registered voters.

On polling stations, Chandrapur has 58, Wardha 41, Gondia 39, Bhandara 35 and Gadchiroli 26.

The division also has 14,197 registered voters with disabilities. They include 8,933 men, 5,262 women and 2 voters of other genders.

There are 855 voters aged above 80, of whom 738 are men and 117 are women. Nagpur district has the most in this age group, at 721.

Meanwhile, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has clarified that it is not supporting Congress candidate Abhijit Wanjari in the graduates' constituency election. The party said misleading information about BSP support was being put out in the publicity for events organised by the Congress, which it called utterly false.

According to the letter, the BSP also said the Congress side was spreading confusion on social media as part of a conspiracy, to make it appear that the BSP was backing the Congress.

The state president has appealed to all office-bearers, workers and community members of the party to have no association of any kind with the Congress and not to fall for its inducements. The letter also directs that no one from the party should campaign or voice support for the Congress candidate.