Polling stations to go up by 10,000 in State

HYDERABAD: Considering the upswing in voters’ strength in each village/area in the Andhra Pradesh, the Election Commission has decided to increase the number of polling stations in the State by 10,000, taking the total to 66,000.
Each polling station area has been carved out on the basis of the new boundaries of Assembly/Parliamentary constituencies finalised under delimitation.
The principle adopted is that there should be one polling station for every 1,200 voters. Announcing this at a press conference here on Saturday after addressing political parties on the exercise taken up to issue photo identity cards to voters, Chief Electoral Officer I.V. Subba Rao said the final list of the polling stations would be published on July 10. He said designated photography locations (DPLs) would be located on permanent basis at all the 1,200-odd mandal headquarters in the State from September 1 to facilitate eligible voters to get EPICs (elector photo identify cards). The aim was to equip all voters in the State with EPICs for the next elections.
He said work was in full swing using the 294 DPLs. Those seeking enrolment could register by accessing websites www.eci.gov.in or http://www.ceoandhra.nic.in