The city will vote in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. A ready reckoner of the things you need to know before stepping out on poll day.

• Constituencies that vote on Saturday: Kolkata Uttar, Kolkata Dakshin, Jadavpur, Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Joynagar, Mathurapur and Diamond Harbour

• Voting starts at: 7am

• Voting ends at: 6pm (voters who will queue up outside their polling booths by 6pm will be allowed to cast their votes, however long it takes to complete the queue)

• Weather: The Met office has predicted a “generally cloudy sky and possibility of thunderstorm”. The maximum day temperature is likely to be around 33 degrees Celsius. The discomfort index will not be high.

• Brollies allowed? At the discretion of the presiding officer. There is no election commission bar on carrying an umbrella into the booth

• And phones? No mobile phone will be allowed inside the polling booth, even if switched off or silent. If you reach the booth with a mobile phone you will have to leave it outside with a friend or acquaintance at your risk. If caught carrying a phone inside the booth, the person may even be arrested.

• Restrictions: Usually, Section 144 of the CrPC is imposed within 100m of a polling booth. As for the sensitive booths, the radius is 200m.

• Permissible cash: There is no limit on the amount of money one can carry. But for any amount more than Rs 50,000, the person carrying it needs to show documents, whenever asked, citing the source and the destination of the cash. If the person fails to produce the documents, the money will be seized and the case may be referred to the income tax department.

• Jewellery: There is no embargo on carrying jewellery. Carrying more than 1kg of jewellery will be reported to the income tax department.

• Documents to carry: Ideally, one should carry an electoral photo identity card (EPIC). A voter can also produce any of the 14 other photo identity cards:

Passport

Driving licence

Service identity card with photograph, issued to its employees by state/central government, public sector undertakings, local bodies or public limited companies

Passbook with photograph issued by public sector banks/post office and Kissan Vikas Patra

Income tax identity (PAN) card

Job card with photograph under MNREGA, issued by a competent authority

Health insurance scheme smart card with photograph (Union ministry of labour scheme) issued by a competent authority up to April 30, 2017

Pension document with photograph such as ex-servicemen’s pension book/pension payment order, ex-servicemen’s widow/dependent certificate, old age pension order, widow pension order with photograph

SC/ST/OBC certificate with photograph issued by a competent authority

Freedom fighter identity card with photograph

Arms licence with photograph issued by a competent authority

Certificate of physical disability with photograph issued by a competent authority

Identity card with photograph issued to bidi workers by the Union ministry of labour till April 30, 2017

Aadhaar card

• Going to vote in groups

People going to vote in large groups may be questioned as large gatherings are not allowed in a zone where Section 144 of CrPC is in force. It is better not to go in large groups unless the members are from the same family.

• Parking restrictions: No vehicle will be allowed within a radius of 200m of any polling station.

• Whom to complain to if I am challenged inside the booth: The presiding officer of the booth will have the final authority to take a decision.

• Whom to report to if someone tries to intimidate me in the queue: You can approach central forces. They will take it up with the presiding officer.

• Transport: The majority of private buses in and around Calcutta will remain off the roads for most of Saturday. Private bus and minibus operators said most of the vehicles have been requisitioned for poll duty and those are unlikely to return to the roads before Monday.

“A small number of buses that have not been requisitioned are likely to ply after the polling ends in the evening,” said Pradip Narayan Bose, of the West Bengal Bus Minibus Owners Association.

Government buses will be out on the roads on Saturday but in fewer numbers. Nearly 5,500 taxis in and around the city have been requisitioned for election duty.

App-cabs will be on the roads but in fewer numbers. Autorickshaw unions said they would consider operating on a few routes.

• Metro services: Metro Railway will run the usual Saturday fleet of 234 trains on the north-south route (Blue Line). There will be no change in the timings. East-West Metro (Green Line) will also have the usual 130 trains on the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade stretch and 106 trains on the Sector V-Sealdah stretch. Commercial services on the two other operational sections, Joka-Majerhat (Purple Line) and New Garia-Ruby (Orange Line), are closed on Saturdays.

• Malls and plexes: Most malls in the city will open in the second half of the day — some in the afternoon, others in the evening. The plexes in the malls will open after the malls open. City Centre I and II will open at 5pm, South City Mall at 1pm, Quest Mall at 5pm and Acropolis at 1pm.

• Bars: Pubs and bars will start serving alcohol after 6pm once the election is over. “Usually, the excise officer gives a nod in a WhatsApp group that also has the owners of the bars in the area and the OC (officer-in-charge) of the local police station. We then start serving liquor. But even without that, the law permits us to resume serving liquor from 6pm,” said the owner of a pub in south Calcutta.

The off-shops will be a mixed bag — most of them will open after 6pm and some will remain shut for the day.

• Clubs: Most of the clubs will remain open but with skeletal staff. CCFC will be closed for the day but places like Calcutta Club and Tolly Club will operate with skeletal staff.

“There will be a skeletal staff to provide the services. The Convenio (provisions store) and the library will be closed. The bar will open when the excise authorities will give us the go-ahead,” said an official of Calcutta Club.

Tollygunge Club will function with skeletal staff and limited facilities. The salon and the library will remain closed on poll day. “Bars will open after the poll ends,” said an official.

The Bengal Club will remain open as usual. The bar will open after 6pm.

• Restaurants: Most restaurants are going to remain open. “Some of the staffers may be off duty, but the restaurants will be open,” said Kabir Azhar, director of Aminia Restaurants. The eateries on Park Street will also remain open as usual. “Many people come for lunch after casting their vote,” said Pratap Daryanani, the owner of Oasis.

• Election Commission of India helpline: 1950

• Police helpline: 100