<p>Lok Sabha elections 2024 are set to begin from April 19. A total of 543 seats will be up for grabs in world's largest democracy with almost 100 crore people having the right to exercise their votes. In this mammoth exercise, there are also many who are first time voters.</p><p>Keep reading if you want to know how to vote as a first-time voter in the upcoming elections.</p><p>Firstly, you can only cast your vote if you are registered with the Election Commission of India. Everyone who had completed the age of 18 at the time of January 1, 2024 is entitled to register.</p><p>Once you have registered with the Election Commission online or physically, you have to check whether your name has been included in the electoral of your constituency or not. If your name is on these rolls, you are eligible to vote in the elections.</p><p> Now, check the election schedule and find when your constituency goes for polls. You then have to find which polling booth you have been assigned. Details of this can be easily found on EC's website.</p>.<p>Upon entering the polling booth, one will find three polling officers seated next to one another.</p><p>1. First, one has to go to the left-most polling officer for identity verification. One has to show a Voter ID or any other valid document to complete the verification.</p><p>2. Then one has to head towards the second officer to get the finger marked with indelible ink for casting the vote.</p><p>3. The third step requires one to reach the last officer who takes the signature or thumbprint to cross the voter's name off the electoral roll.</p><p>4. Now, the voter moves ahead to cast their vote on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The voter selects the political party they want to vote for, from the list available on the device, and presses the blue button next to it. Once done, an LED on the EVM turns red and the VVPAT machine generates a slip confirming that the vote has been cast.</p><p>5. In case of any inconsistency between the voter's selection of party and the VVPAT slip, the presiding officer can be approached to file a complaint.</p>
<p>Lok Sabha elections 2024 are set to begin from April 19. A total of 543 seats will be up for grabs in world's largest democracy with almost 100 crore people having the right to exercise their votes. In this mammoth exercise, there are also many who are first time voters.</p><p>Keep reading if you want to know how to vote as a first-time voter in the upcoming elections.</p><p>Firstly, you can only cast your vote if you are registered with the Election Commission of India. Everyone who had completed the age of 18 at the time of January 1, 2024 is entitled to register.</p><p>Once you have registered with the Election Commission online or physically, you have to check whether your name has been included in the electoral of your constituency or not. If your name is on these rolls, you are eligible to vote in the elections.</p><p> Now, check the election schedule and find when your constituency goes for polls. You then have to find which polling booth you have been assigned. Details of this can be easily found on EC's website.</p>.<p>Upon entering the polling booth, one will find three polling officers seated next to one another.</p><p>1. First, one has to go to the left-most polling officer for identity verification. One has to show a Voter ID or any other valid document to complete the verification.</p><p>2. Then one has to head towards the second officer to get the finger marked with indelible ink for casting the vote.</p><p>3. The third step requires one to reach the last officer who takes the signature or thumbprint to cross the voter's name off the electoral roll.</p><p>4. Now, the voter moves ahead to cast their vote on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The voter selects the political party they want to vote for, from the list available on the device, and presses the blue button next to it. Once done, an LED on the EVM turns red and the VVPAT machine generates a slip confirming that the vote has been cast.</p><p>5. In case of any inconsistency between the voter's selection of party and the VVPAT slip, the presiding officer can be approached to file a complaint.</p>
