Parbhani: 76 booths ready for graduates' constituency poll as polling parties leave

Voting for the 05-Aurangabad Division Graduates' Constituency election will be held from 8 am to 4 pm on Friday, October 23, 2026. In Parbhani district, the process will run at a total of 76 polling stations. The district administration has completed the necessary preparations.

Polling material was distributed today to the staff deployed for the election at the Agricultural Implements Manufacturing, Testing and Training Centre of the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University. The distribution took place in the presence of the Assistant Returning Officer and District Collector Sanjaysingh Chavan.

After the required staff, material and other arrangements were completed, the polling parties were sent off to their respective centres. District Collector Sanjaysingh Chavan flagged off the party for polling station number 273, Adgaon Bazar, Jintur tehsil.

Deputy District Election Officer Aruna Sangewar, Sub-Divisional Officer Jivraj Dapkar, Parbhani Tehsildar Sandeep Rajapure, Gangakhed Tehsildar Usha Kiran Shringare and Jintur Tehsildar Sheetal Kachwe were present on the occasion, along with officials and staff from various departments.

A total of 26,664 voters will cast their votes at the 76 polling stations in the district. Of these, 21,186 are men and 5,478 are women. Each station has been assigned one presiding officer and three polling officers.

Twenty-six zonal officers have been deployed to monitor the voting, and 76 route guides have been assigned to help parties reach the centres. Two police personnel are posted at each centre to maintain law and order.

District Collector Sanjaysingh Chavan has appealed to all eligible graduate voters in Parbhani district to vote fearlessly and of their own free will, without succumbing to any pressure.

The administration said it is ready to conduct voting at all centres in the district smoothly, peacefully and in accordance with the rules. It has also appealed to the deployed officials and staff to discharge their duties according to the Election Commission's guidelines.