Mumbai Police on Saturday issued guidelines for Lok Sabha elections 2024 in the city on May 20. The police have issued restrictions for the voting day at the polling booths in six constituencies in Mumbai.

In a preventative order, Mumbai Police said, that polling in the parliamentary election of South Mumbai, South Central Mumbai, North Central Mumbai, North East Mumbai, North West Mumbai and North Mumbai constituencies is to take place at a number of polling stations in above constituencies on May 20 2024. It said, a large number of voters are likely to visit various polling stations to exercise their right of voting.

“It necessary for the purpose of preventing obstruction, annoyance and injury or risk of obstructing, annoyance and injury to persons lawfully employed and for the purpose of preventing the disturbance of the public tranquillity,” the preventive order said.

The order was issued by Akbar Pathan, DCP (Operations), Mumbai Police and Executive Magistrate specially empowered under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 2 of 1974) read with sub-section (2) of section 10 of the Maharashtra Police Act,1951 (Mah. Act XXIl of 1951).

It stated that no person not being a candidate in connection with the election for which polling is to take place at a polling station or the accredited agent of such a candidate or an official engaging connection with the election or any public servant engaged in duty at or in the vicinity of such polling station shall between 6.00 am and 12 midnight on the 20 May 2024, loiter or join or form any assembly or group of persons of any public through fare, highway road, street lane, bye -lane or any other public place within a distance of one hundred meters radius from any polling station in (1) 31- South Mumbai (2) 30- South Central Mumbai (3) 29- North Central Mumbai (4) 28- North East Mumbai (5) 27- North West Mumbai (6) 26- North Mumbai, constituencies.

The preventive order further said that all intending voters visiting a polling station for the purpose of voting shall form queues in front of the polling station, one for males and another for females and that each intending voter shall enter the poling station serially in accordance with his her position in the queue as and when voters are admitted to the polling station in compliance with the directions of the Presiding Officer.

Maharashtra has a total number of 48 constituencies in the state and the Lok Sabha elections this year are being held in five phases. Mumbai is scheduled to vote in the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 in state and it will take place on May 20. On the same day 13 constituencies including Mumbai North, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South Central, Mumbai South, Washim, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Washim, and Thane will vote.

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