First-time voters seek development, jobs, infrastructure in 2024 polls
Many first-time voters talked to The Statesman about what they want from the new government.
Many first-time voters talked to The Statesman about what they want from the new government.
The Union minister was interacting with the voters, mostly Class 12 and 1st year College students, in Udhampur during the "Nav Matdata Sammelan" organised to mark the National Voters’ Day.
According to the Election Commission of India’s most recent enrolment statistics, out of the total of 4.9 crore registered voters, approximately 2.35 crore are under the age of 40. As many as 11.74 lakh of them are first-time voters, which is 2.39 per cent down from 2.7 per cent in 2017 and as much as 3.5 per cent in 2012.
All the three main political parties in the Capital, through their interactions with public and social media campaigns, have been trying to woo young voters with promises.
The achievements of democracy depend not only on the rules and procedures that are adopted and safeguarded, but also on the way political parties in power and the people use the opportunities.
In a tweet posted on the day of the first phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, the PM especially called upon the first-time voters to vote in the biggest election of the country.
