Citizens above the age of 80, who wanted to vote in the Andheri East Assembly by-poll from the comfort of their home, were able to do so. Out of 430 senior voters, 392 exercised their franchise from home—which, according to officials, was unprecedented—ahead of the by-poll, which took place on Thursday.

As per the directives of the Election Commission of India, the Mumbai Suburban District’s administrators have implemented the ‘voting at home’ initiative for octogenarians for the first time.