How to vote #India: Here's what happens inside the polling booth

If you are a first time voter, knowing what happens inside the polling booth can help you vote during the Lok Sabha elections 2019 in the right way without any confusions. In the first place, you must get to know if your name is on the voters list. Then you must find out the polling booth in which you must cast your vote. Carry any one of the approved ID proofs. Visit the polling booth on the date of polling during the .

Inside the polling booth

You will find people standing in queues in front of the polling booth. When your turn comes, you will enter the room / hall where the polling station is set up.

The first polling officer will verify your identity. If your details are checked and found correct, the first polling officer will issue you a slip to be able to cast your vote.

The second polling officer will receive the slip from you, ink your finger and will ask you to sign on a register confirming that you have attended the polling in person to vote.

The third polling officer will press the ballot button found on the control unit of the EVM. You will be shown the compartment in which you must cast your vote.

In the EVM machine, you need to press the blue button against your preferred candidate’s name or party symbol. A red light will glow along with a beep sound against the name of the candidate for whom you have voted. Now you have casted your vote finally discharging your obligation as a citizen of the country.