Pune District’s Lok Sabha Elections Set for Two Phases: Schedule Details Revealed
Pune, 18th March 2024: In Pune district, the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to occur in two phases this year. The Baramati constituency will go to polls in the first phase, followed by Pune, Maval, and Shirur constituencies in the second phase. Pune Collector Dr Suhas Diwase provided details of the election schedule on Sunday, stating that nominations for the Baramati Lok Sabha seat will commence from April 12, while nominations for the Pune, Maval, and Shirur constituencies will begin on April 18.
Here’s a breakdown of the election schedules:
1) Baramati Constituency Schedule:
– Filing of nomination papers starts: on April 12
– Deadline for filing nomination forms: April 19
– Scrutiny of Nomination Forms: April 20
– Last date for withdrawal of nomination form: April 22
– Voting: May 7
– Counting of votes: June 4
Total number of voters in Baramati Constituency: 23,15,968
2) Pune, Shirur, Maval Lok Sabha Constituency Schedule:
– Filing of nomination form starts: April 18
– Deadline for filing nomination form: April 25
– Scrutiny of nomination papers: April 26
– Last date for withdrawal of nomination form: April 29
– Voting: May 13
– Counting of votes: June 4
Breakdown of voters in Pune, Shirur, and Maval constituencies:
– Pune: 20,03,316 voters
– Shirur: 24,79,742 voters
– Maval: 25,09,461 voters
In total:
– Total number of voters in all four constituencies of Pune district: 82,24,433 (as of January)
– Male voters: 42 lakhs
– Female voters: 39 lakhs
– Voters aged 18 to 19: 35,232
– Voters aged 20 to 29: 13,42,000
– Voters above 85 years of age: 1,24,289
– Voters above 100 years of age: 5,517
– Total number of polling stations: 8,382
– Staff required for election: 74,000
– Number of machines required for voting: 44,000
Counting of votes for the Pune-Baramati constituency will take place at the government godown in Koregaon, for the Maval Constituency at Balewadi Stadium, and for the Shirur Constituency at a godown in Ranjangaon.
