Students who are going to vote for the first time in the forthcoming General Elections should cast their votes in a fair manner. They should not be subject to any influence like money, caste, religion, etc in deciding the candidate. The percentage of voting in the age group of 18-29 years was comparatively less and the Election Department was motivating the first-time voters to cast their votes without fail. In Puducherry UT, there were 10.2 lakh voters spread over thirty assembly constituencies. In the 2019 General Elections, the total percentage of voting was 82 and we were trying to reach 100 % voting in this forthcoming election.

This was disclosed today by Shri. P.Jawahar, Chief Electoral Officer, Puducherry in the interaction program with first-time voters at Women’s Engineering College, Puducherry. The program was organised by Regional News Unit, Akashvani, Puducherry in coordination with the Office of the CEO and Electoral Literacy Club of Women’s Engineering College.

He said the students should use the mobile applications developed by the Election Commission of India like Know Your Candidate App, C-Vigil App, and Voter Helpline App. They should act as the conscience of the society and guide others during the election time. Inclusion was the basic principle of the Election Commission which would guide to include everyone in the process of elections. Home Voting was introduced to facilitate differently-abled persons and senior citizens. The motto was no one should be left in the election.