Home Voting in West Delhi Shatters Records with Senior Voter Turnout

The West Delhi constituency reported the highest engagement in the new 'Vote From Home' initiative for the Lok Sabha elections, facilitating 969 seniors above 85 and 179 individuals with disabilities. This innovative scheme is part of the Election Commission’s efforts to boost voter participation among vulnerable groups.

The West Delhi constituency recorded the highest number of voters availing the home voting facility in the national capital to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections, according to data released by the poll body.

A total of 969 people above the age of 85 and 179 persons with disabilities (PWDs) exercised their franchise via home voting in the West Delhi constituency, the data shows.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Election Commission, while announcing the Lok Sabha polls schedule, unveiled the 'Vote From Home' scheme, designed to facilitate the participation of citizens aged 85 and above and individuals with more than 40 per cent disabilities in the elections.

In the New Delhi constituency, 1,003 voters aged 85 and above and 75 from the PWD category cast their votes from home.

Polling for Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats will be held on May 25.

The office of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) began offering the home voting facility on May 16 and it will continue till May 24.

On Monday, 4,967 voters exercised their franchises from home, the data shows.

It also shows 566 voters in Chandni Chowk, 408 in North East Delhi, 855 in East Delhi, 1,078 in New Delhi, 422 in Northwest Delhi, 1,148 in West Delhi and 470 in South Delhi have cast their votes from home.

About 91.88 per cent of those eligible for home voting in the national capital's seven constituencies opted for the facility.

Home voting involves a full contingent of polling staff and security personnel with the secrecy of voting diligently maintained, a statement said.

A dedicated team of poll officials and security personnel visit the voter's residence to collect the vote and the voter is notified in advance about the visit. The entire process is videographed to ensure transparency, it said.