MNS:- Gujarat will have a polling booth for a single voter to enable him to cast his vote in the forthcoming State Assembly election. The Election Commission will set up One Voter polling station in a single room building of forest department at Banej in Gir Forest. This will be 20 Kms from nearest habitation, a village Sapnesh Biliyat in 93 Una Assembly Constituency in Junagarh district. In the above Polling Station, Guru Bharat Das, aged 59, a temple priest by profession will cast his franchise during the first phase of Polling on 13.12.2012.
The Election Commission has identified Sh. Shyam Saran Negi as oldest voter in Himachal Pradesh (HP). Sh. Negi, aged 95, lives in Kalpa Tehsil, District Kinnaur. H.P. Sh. Negi retired from Government Primary School in 1975 and his family includes wife, four sons and five daughters.
Sh. Negi was among the first to cast his vote in independent India’s first Election in October 1951, of H.P. State Legislative Assembly from 10- Chini Assembly Constituency later renamed as Kinnaur. At that time, election in snow-bound 10- Chini (now Kinnaur) was held ahead of other places in the State.
Interestingly, the world’s highest Polling booth will also be located in H.P. at the height of 15000 ft above sea level. This Polling Station will be at Hikkam in Lahaul & Spiti Assembly Constituency located on motorable road. The Hikkam Polling Station will serve 333 voters, comprising 180 male & 153 female voters.
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