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New Delhi: The voting for the first phase of General Elections-2019 to elect people’s representatives for the 17^thLok Sabha gets underway tomorrow on Thursday, 11^th April. 91 Lok Sabha seats are in the fray, spread over 20 states and UTs. Here are few interesting sidelights from some of the poll bound states:

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

• The voters include 41 Great Nicobarese tribes of Strait Islands, 65 Onge tribes at Hut Bay and approximately 100 Shompen tribes of Campbell Bay.

Arunachal Pradesh

• Polling Station with least number of electors: Malogam Temporary Structure in Malogam Village under 45-Hayuliang (ST) Assembly Constituency: 1 – Only One female voter.
• Polling Station No. 18-Luguthang under 3-Mukto (ST) Assembly Constituency is the Highest Polling Station located at an altitude of about 13,583 feet.
• 11 Polling Stations exclusively for female voters have been set up in the state.

Mizoram

• For Bru refugees, who are living in camps in Tripura, 15 special polling booths have been set up in Kanhmun at Mizoram – Tripura border.
• Mizoram holds a unique feature among the parliamentary constituencies with 100% voters having Elector Photo Identity Cards (EPIC).

Sikkim

• Highest polling booth in Sikkim situated close to the India-China border at an altitude of 13,500 feet in Gnathang Valley for 180 registered voters from 21-Gnathang Machong Assembly constituency will vote on April 11.
• 39 All Women polling stations set up manned by all women polling parties and police forces.

Meghalaya

• 52% Women voters in Meghalaya, while 32.34 per cent are in the 20-29 years age group
• For the first time, BRAILE Voter id card-EPIC makes debut in Meghalaya with BRAILE EPIC issued for usage of visually impaired

Bihar

• Tobacco Free Polling Booths: Bihar becomes the Second state in the country after Delhi to declare all polling booths for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election in the state tobacco free.
• Live Webcasting arrangements at 350 polling booths in the first phase of general elections to ensure free and fair polls.

Uttar Pradesh

• The total number of electors has increased by 55,06,336 (i.e. 3.96 percent) since the previous General Election-2014 in the State.
• Out of these, 16,75,567 electors are in the age group of 18-19 years.

PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES (PCs) VOTING PHASE-1 (11.04.2019)

• Puducherry to go to polls in the Second phase on April 18th, 2019
• General Elections 2019 for Tamilnadu will be held in the Second phase on April 18th, 2019
• ECI invokes powers under Article 324 to prohibit display/exhibit any biopic/publicity material during MCC period