Ahead of the April 19 Lok Sabha election, the voter information slips, known as ‘booth slips’, will be distributed through the booth-level officers to voters between April 1 and 13, Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo said on Wednesday.
The booth slips will contain the basic details of the voters, including the part and serial number in the electoral rolls.
Addressing reporters in Chennai, Mr. Sahoo said that as of March 26, Tamil Nadu’s electorate stood at 6.23 crore: 3,17,16,069 women, 3,06,02,367 men, and 8,465 from the third gender. In addition to the 68,144 polling booths, the authorities were awaiting the approval of the Election Commission of India to open 177 auxiliary polling booths.
