The arrangements for the 18th Lok Sabha elections in the district were completed on April 23 (Tuesday) and 33.94 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise in 16 Assembly segments in the district on Friday. District Collector V.R. Vinod said that there were 16.97 lakh female voters and as many male voters. As many as 43 voters were transgender.
Mr. Vinod said that 82,286 of the voters were first-timers. Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Both Ponnani and Malappuram constituencies have eight candidates each.
There are 2,798 polling booths in the district, including 23 auxiliary booths, spread across Ponnani, Malappuram and Wayanad constituencies. There are 80 model polling booths, and 80 all-woman polling booths. There will be two polling booths exclusively manned by differently abled persons.
