Pink booths set up to draw women voters for Mizoram Assembly elections

To encourage women voters, pink polling booths were set up in each constituency of the state. These booths are locally known as Dingdi in Mizoram, named after a wildflower commonly

To encourage women voters, pink polling booths were set up in each constituency of the state.

These booths are locally known as Dingdi in Mizoram, named after a wildflower commonly available in the state, Dingdi is used by poets to depict beautiful women.

Pink Polling Booth | Women voters exercise their franchise in all-women polling station in #Aizawl. Polling stations managed by all-women police officials and security personnel.#MizoramElections2018 #MizoramElections #BattleForMizoram pic.twitter.com/W5CYv7WhdD

— Northeast Live (@NELiveTV) November 28, 2018

Each of the polling booths have one presiding officer, three polling officials and sufficient security personnel, state election department officials.

The all women booths have been created to encourage more women voters to come forward and vote.

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