School students to encourage family Voting with Selfie Initiative
At the district level, draws will be conducted, winner will receive a cash prize of Rs. 10,000
The school whose students upload the most selfies will also receive a special prize of Rs. 25,000
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, May 2 -
In a bid to increase voter turnout in the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for May 25 in Haryana, the Chief Electoral Officer's office has launched a new initiative involving school children, who will be rewarded with cash prizes. Under this initiative, children will be encouraged to motivate their parents to vote, and on the voting day, they will be required to upload a selfie of their family members after the voting. At the district level, cash prizes of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 5,000, and Rs. 2,500 will be awarded to the first, second, and third winners by conducting a draw of lots.
Sharing more details in this regard, Chief Electoral Officer, Sh. Anurag Agarwal informed that under this initiative, the school having the maximum number of selfies uploaded by their students will also be awarded a special prize of Rs. 25,000. A link has been developed on the https://www.ceoharyana.gov.in/ portal for uploading selfies, which will be available on the voting day, i.e., May 25. The link for uploading selfies will be open for school children along with voting from 7 AM, and selfies can be uploaded until 8 PM.
Anurag Agarwal said that the aim of this initiative is not only to increase voter turnout this time but also to make school children, who will be future voters, aware of their voting rights. He said that every vote counts in a democracy, so this initiative has been started to ensure that every voter casts their vote.
He said that to attract and encourage voters for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Election Commission of India has given the slogan ‘Chunav Ka Parv-Desh Ka Garv’. In Haryana too, efforts are being made to celebrate this festival in a unique way and create awareness among voters through slogans like, ‘Chunav Mela Dekhan Jawange, Sare Vote Dalke Aawange’
More than 2 crore registered voters in Haryana
The Chief Electoral Officer said that there are 2,00,41,353 registered voters in Haryana, including 1,06,34,532 males, 94,06,357 females, and 464 transgender voters. He said that the number of voters in Gurugram Lok Sabha constituency is the highest at 25,66,159, while in Faridabad, it is 24,24,281. Similarly, in Ambala Lok Sabha area, there are 19,92,252 voters, in Kurukshetra, 17,92,160, in Sirsa, 19,34,614, in Hisar, 17,88,710, in Karnal, 21,00,439, in Sonipat, 17,64,954, in Rohtak, 18,86,796, and in Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, 19,90,988 voters.