The deadline, originally set to expire on Wednesday, May 8, has been extended by the Election Commission for an additional two days.
Nizamabad: Rajiv Gandhi Hanumanthu, the Returning Officer and Collector for the Nizamabad Parliamentary Constituency, stated that the Election Commission had extended the deadline for postal ballot voting until May 10. Originally set to expire on Wednesday, May 8, the EC granted an extension of two more days.
Meanwhile, 5548 people exercised their right to vote through postal ballot till Tuesday evening at the voter facilitation centers set up in the offices of Assistant Returning Officers in Bodhan, Armoor, Nizamabad Urban, Nizamabad Rural, Balkonda, Korutla and Jagtial assembly segments under Nizamabad parliamentary constituency. Of these, 4014 are voters of Nizamabad parliamentary constituency, while the rest are voters of other 16 parliamentary segments of the State.
Similarly, 1758 senior citizens above 85 years of age and persons with disabilities in the Nizamabad Parliamentary segment have applied to exercise their vote from home as part of vote from home facility provided by the EC and of them 1696 voters casted their votes by Tuesday evening.