Question

The highest polling station of Lok Sabha Election 2019 is in the state
1. Sikkim
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Nagaland
4. Himachal Pradesh

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Himachal Pradesh

The correct answer is Himachal Pradesh.

• At 15,256 ft, Tashigang in Himachal Pradesh is the world’s highest polling station.

• The Tashigang polling station in Himachal Pradesh falls in Buddhist-dominated Lahaul-Spiti, one of the 17 assembly segments that form the Mandi Lok Sabha seat, the second-largest constituency in India.
• Tucked away deep in trans-Himalayas, Tashigang, a small Himachal Pradesh village at an altitude of 15,256 feet, is now the highest polling station in the world.
• The sleepy hamlet of Tashigang also holds the title of the highest village in Spiti valley.
• Earlier, the non-descript tiny settlement of Hikkim, positioned at an altitude of about 14,400 ft, was the highest polling station in the country.
• Situated at about 29 km from the India-China border, the polling station covers two villages— Tashigang and Gete.
• As per the revised electoral rolls, the two villages have 48 voters, of which 30 are men and 18 women.
• Seventy eight-year-old Rigjin is the oldest voter in the two villages.

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• Election Commission of India
  • The Constitution provides the Election Commission of India with the power of direction, superintendence, and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of president of India, and the office of vice-president of India.
  • The Election Commission is an all-India body that is common to both the Central government and the State governments.
  • It must be noted here that the commission does not deal with the elections to the Municipalities and Panchayats in the states.
    • Hence, a separate State Election Commission is provided by the Constitution of India.
• On 16 October 1989, the voting age was changed from 21 to 18 years.
  • So, two more election commissioners were appointed by the president in order to cope with the increased work of the election commission.