Shimla: Voting for the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly began at 8 am today and will continue till 5 pm. Meanwhile, a 105-year-old woman Naro Devi on Saturday (November 12) exerted her mothership at the Ladhan polling booth under the Churah assembly constituency in the Chamba district of the state and another 112-year-old woman cast her vote in Ladhan at the booth number 122 of Gram Panchayat Kohal.
Though the Election Commission of India (ECI) has provided a voluntary facility to voters above the age of 80 years to vote through ballot papers at their homes, the old woman preferred to cast her vote with an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at the polling station instead of opting for the facility.
Let us tell you that 412 candidates are in the fray in 68 seats of the state in a single phase. With this, the election results will be released on December 8. There are a total of 55,92,828 voters in the state. Of these, 28,54,945 are male and 27,37,845 are female voters. Not only this, but apart from this, a total of 38 third genders will also vote.
'How does your president look..,' TMC's minister insults 'Her Excellency' Murmu
HP assembly elections: Nadda casts his vote along with family
'One is advertising, Other is misleading, BJP will win elections..,' Nadda attacks AAP-Congress