Pink booths set up to draw women voters for Mizoram Assembly elections
First Published: 28th November, 2018 16:02 IST
To encourage women voters, pink polling booths were set up in each constituency of the state. These booths are locally known as Dingdi in Mizoram, named after a wildflower commonly
To encourage women voters, pink polling booths were set up in each constituency of the state.
These booths are locally known as Dingdi in Mizoram, named after a wildflower commonly available in the state, Dingdi is used by poets to depict beautiful women.
Pink Polling Booth | Women voters exercise their franchise in all-women polling station in #Aizawl. Polling stations managed by all-women police officials and security personnel.#MizoramElections2018 #MizoramElections #BattleForMizoram pic.twitter.com/W5CYv7WhdD
— Northeast Live (@NELiveTV) November 28, 2018
Each of the polling booths have one presiding officer, three polling officials and sufficient security personnel, state election department officials.
The all women booths have been created to encourage more women voters to come forward and vote.
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