Ahead of the 2022 Assembly election in Himachal Pradesh, the Himachal Election Watch, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti on Sunday jointly launched a State-wide “electoral literacy campaign” to encourage voter awareness in those areas which saw a voter turnout below 60% in the 2017 Assembly election.
In 2017, the State witnessed a voter turnout close to 75%, however, there were 277 polling booths in 43 Assembly constituencies, which saw voter percentage below 60%.
“Our aim is to increase the voter percentage. During our campaign, public dialogues will be conducted in rural areas while workshops will be held in the urban areas where the voter turnout in the previous Assembly election was less than the State percentage (75%). The State election department has identified as many as 277 polling booths where voter turnout in the State was less than 60% in the previous poll. These booths are spread across 43 Assembly constituencies in the State out of the total 68 segments,” O.P. Bhuraita, Coordinator, Himachal Election Watch told The Hindu on Sunday.
