Model polling booths set up
The District Election Wing has established one model polling booth and one all-women polling booth in each of the eight constituencies in Thanjavur district to enhance voter experience and promote women's participation in election duties. The model booths feature cultural decorations and voter amenities, while the all-women booths are fully managed by female officials. These initiatives aim to ensure smooth, inclusive, and voter-friendly polling processes. The arrangements cover all eight constituencies: Thiruvidaimaruthur, Kumbakonam, Papanasam, Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, Orathanadu, Pattukottai, and Peravurani.
- ▪Model polling booths with cultural decorations and voter amenities have been set up in each of the eight constituencies in Thanjavur district.
- ▪Separate all-women polling booths, managed entirely by female officials, have been established in each constituency.
- ▪The model booths include festive elements like festoons, banana trees, sandal paste, and vermilion to welcome voters.
- ▪The initiative aims to improve election administration and encourage greater participation of women in polling operations.
- ▪All eight constituencies—Thiruvidaimaruthur, Kumbakonam, Papanasam, Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, Orathanadu, Pattukottai, and Peravurani—are covered under this arrangement.
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The District Election Wing has set up model and all women polling booths, one each for all the eight Constituencies in Thanjavur district.According to official sources, while festoons, banana trees, ‘sandal paste’ and vermilion to receive the voters, and other facilities were made available to the voters at eight booths, one each in Thiruvidaimaruthur, Kumbakonam, Papanasam, Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, Orathanadu, Pattukottai and Peravurani Constituencies, at 8 polling booths, one each, entire polling process would be supervised and carried out by women officials only.
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