Gadchiroli: A total of 13,608 registered graduates will vote at 26 polling stations in Gadchiroli district on Friday for the Nagpur division graduates’ constituency election to the Maharashtra legislative council. Polling will be held from 8am to 4pm in eight talukas, while voters in four remote talukas will have to cast their votes by 3pm.District collector Avishyant Panda has appealed to all registered voters to exercise their franchise, particularly those in Etapalli, Bhamragad, Sironcha and Aheri, where polling will conclude an hour earlier following a revised notification by the Election Commission of India.The district has 9,310 male and 4,298 female voters. Polling teams have been dispatched to their respective stations under police security.Gadchiroli taluka has the highest number of voters at 3,416 across six polling stations. Chamorshi has 2,125 voters at four stations, followed by Desaiganj with 1,839 and Armori with 1,756 across three stations each. Kurkheda has 1,288 voters at two stations, while Aheri has 1,120 at two stations.The remaining six talukas — Dhanora, Mulchera, Etapalli, Sironcha, Korchi and Bhamragad — have one polling station each.The Nagpur division constituency covers six districts — Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. Across the division, 2,55,603 voters are registered at 445 polling stations, with 38 candidates contesting the election.Registered government employees have been granted special casual leave to vote, while private-sector employees are to receive four hours’ leave.
