Home Voting For People Above 85 to Begin in Dakshina Kannada on April 15: Know More

Senior citizens aged 85 and above, and persons with disabilities who have opted for home voting will vote for this Lok Sabha elections across eight Assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada between April 15 and April 17.

1,401 persons, comprising 1,310 voters who are aged 85 years and above and 91 PWD voters, have opted for home voting in the Mangalore City South Assembly constituency. The Election Commission teams with the agents of contesting candidates will visit the houses of those voters first on April 15 and April 16. If the voters are unavailable on those days, the officials will pay the second and last visit on April 17.

The booth level officers (BLOs) will intimate those voters over phone in advance before visiting their houses. The Commission has chalked out 23 routes in 23 sectors in Mangalore City South for visiting the voters. The visit will begin from 8 a.m. Each team will comprise a presiding officer, an assistant presiding officer, two micro-observers, a videographer, police personnel, and agents of contesting candidates.