Jhunjhunu : 585 people had opted for home voting in the Jhunjhunu assembly by-election. Of these, 12 people were deprived of home voting. The reason was that 7 of these voters had died after the survey and 05 voters were not found at home. The District Election Officer had completed the survey for home voting for Jhunjhunu Assembly seat by 09 November. During this period, a total of 585 voters had applied for home voting. Of these, 429 voters were 85 plus years and 156 were disabled voters. Home voting was conducted from 04 to 8 November.
According to the last voter list released/published by the Election Department, there were a total of 2 lakh 74 thousand 698 voters in Jhunjhunu assembly constituency. Of these, 2541 were disabled and 3272 were 85 plus voters. Out of the total 585, only 419 voters aged 85 years and above and 154 disabled people were able to do home voting. In fact, this time the Election Commission made an innovation and allowed voters aged 85 years and above and disabled people with more than 40 percent disability to vote at home. The facility to vote was provided from.
