Around 40,000 grads, 6,000 teachers register for MLC elections in BBMP draft rolls

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: With the Bengaluru teachers and graduates constituency playing a role to next year’s Legislative council elections in the state, the list of candidates' names for the ballot has been announced by the special officers of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) Election Division,R. Ramachandra on Thursday.

A total of 39,858 voters have registered for the Graduate Constituency elections, and 6,343 voters have registered for the Teachers' Constituency elections among the 28 constituencies under BBMP, the draft electoral roll revealed.

Objections and claims related to Electoral verification will be taken in by the concerned officials till Saturday, December 9. The final electoral roll will be published on Saturday, December 30.

The officials also announced distribution of Voter ID cards through various channels in the city, including 44,000 in Central Bangalore, 52,000 in North Bangalore, 42,350 in South Bangalore, and 97,000 in Bangalore Urban, within the next 15 days.

Additionally, the final list of voters will be published on January 5, 2024.

Encourage youth to vote, prioritise women: Roll observers

Uma Mahadevan, Chief Executive Officer of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Employment, and Livelihood Department, along with Roll Observers of Bengaluru Central, emphasized the need for measures to increase the accuracy of the voter list, EVMs, and EP data in preparation for the upcoming elections in the seven assembly constituencies on Thursday (RR Nagar, Shivajinagar, Shantinagar, Chamrajpet, Chickpet, Gandhi Nagar, Rajajinagar).

It was recommended to intensify Information, Education, and Communication (IEC). Programs like conducting more awareness programs in schools and colleges, residential areas, and slums, and organizing special campaigns in each ward to increase voter awareness were also suggested.

In this constituency, there is a focus on increasing the inclusion of women in the voter list.

Authorities stressed the need for planning and implementing strategies to ensure a higher representation of women in the voter list. They provided guidance to officials on how to achieve this objective.