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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Persons with Disabilities (STATE/UT WISE)
Fact

Legacy Information l ECI's SAKSHAM app facilitated PwDs for availing various facilities at
l In Lok Sabha Elections 2024, there were 90,28,696 registered PwD polling station like wheelchairs, pick- and-drop and volunteers
Electors whereas in GE to LS – 2019, there were 61,67,482 PwD services. There have been about 1.8 lakh downloads of the Saksham
Electors. In comparison to 2019, the total number of PwD Electors in App during the election period.
2024 has increased by 46.4%.

Initiatives for Ensuring Accessible Elections:
l Polling station wise mapping of PwD Electors l PwD App for assistance and information
l Special awareness and registration drives l A Voter Guide speci cally catering to PwD and Sr.
Citizens was published and made available to all
l Sensitization modules in all poll training programmes
such electors.
l Availability of list of candidates in accessible format
l Ms Sheetal Devi, Para Archer and Paralympics
l Exclusive polling booths for PwD in places where medalist was appointed as National Icon by ECI to
they reside in large numbers motivate the PwD electors to exercise their franchise.
l Pick and drop facility on poll day l 11 famous PwD personalities were appointed as
PwD Ambassadors by the Commission to motivate
l Separate queue for Persons with Disabilities
and encourage PwD electors to vote.
l Priority voting to Persons with Disabilities
l As part of heat wave preparedness, all CEOs were
l Braille EPICs for visually challenged electors directed to provide special assistance to PwDs and Sr.
l Postal Ballot Facility for Persons with Disabilities Citizens by ensuring that all polling stations are
equipped with necessary facilities like shade, tents,
l Braille on EVMs and Braille Ballot Paper
misting fans, water etc.
l Entrance door of polling station to be kept wide l ECI's SAKSHAM app facilitated PwDs for availing
open and adequate space to be ensured around various facilities at polling station like wheelchairs,
voting compartment for wheelchair movement pick- and-drop and volunteers services. There have
l Assured Minimum Facilities such as ramp, accessible been about 1.8 lakh downloads of the Saksham
toilets, tactile signage, and more at all polling stations App during the election period.
A PwD voter heading to cast her vote

T18.1 No. of PwD Electors [20th May, 2024]
State / UT PwD Electors State / UT PwD Electors
Uttar Pradesh 12,63,650 Uttarakhand 80,335
Bihar 7,47,671 NCT of Delhi 77,480

Karnataka 6,20,008 Himachal Pradesh 57,775
Maharashtra 6,06,505 Tripura 19,225
Madhya Pradesh 5,79,964
Manipur 14,329
Rajasthan 5,74,079
Puducherry 13,141
Telangana 5,27,486
Meghalaya 11,720
Odisha 5,23,794
Goa 9,423
Andhra Pradesh 5,19,365
Nagaland 6,707
West Bengal 5,07,400
Arunachal Pradesh 5,596
Tamil Nadu 4,61,771
Sikkim 4,200
Gujarat 3,75,673
Chandigarh 3,816
Jharkhand 3,66,204
Mizoram 3,397
Kerala 2,64,232
Assam 1,94,041 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2,422
Chhattisgarh 1,93,490 DNH and D&D 2,019
Punjab 1,58,718 Ladakh 1,127
Haryana 1,50,277 Lakshadweep 740
Jammu and Kashmir 80,916 All India 90,28,696

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