World’s highest booth creates history: 100% voting at Himachal’s Tashigang polling station, situated at an altitude of 15,256 feet above sea level

100% polling was recorded in Tshigang, the world’s highest polling station in Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal. There was a lot of enthusiasm among the voters to vote here since morning and about an hour before the end of the polling, the voters here cast their vote 100%.

Tashigang polling station is situated at an altitude of 15,256 feet above sea level. There are a total of 52 voters who exercised their franchise. This time there are 30 male and 22 female voters in the polling station and the polling station was decorated since morning.

Traditionally decorated polling booth
Deputy District Election Officer Abhishek Verma said that the Tshigang polling booth was decorated in a traditional way. Voters also came here to vote in traditional dress. exercised his right to vote. He said that provision was also made for traditional dishes in this polling booth, in which Sattu dish was prepared.

Voters were welcomed in a traditional way. Due to which the polling teams have played an important role in voting here. Along with this, voters also gave a message to vote.

Camps were organized for awareness
Deputy District Election Officer Abhishek Verma said that awareness camps were organized here to make voters aware. People were made aware about voting. This is the reason that the awareness camps of the administration have also paid off.

There were 47 voters in the year 2019
Earlier, this polling booth, the world’s highest, had 47 voters in the 2019 elections, of which 29 were male and 18 were female voters. While before the year 2019, Hikkim polling station with a height of 4443 feet was recorded as the highest polling station, but after that the polling station in Tshigang has become the highest polling station in the world.

message to be aware
If we talk about the voting percentage during the assembly elections in Himachal, then there are such polling stations in many urban areas, where 50 to 60% voting has taken place. Which directly shows that despite being educated people in urban areas, they are not aware of voting. But despite being a tribal area, the people of this highest polling station in the world have given this message of awareness to the world.