Srinagar: The chief electoral officer of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday said that over 7 lakh voters have been added to voters' list. He said that the Union Territory has registered an increase of 7,72,872 voters during the special summary revision exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India this year, an increase of 10.19 per cent than previous years.
"The final electoral rolls in UT are 8359771 electors, out of which 4291687 are male, 184 are the third gender and 4067900 are females,” read the statement of Joint chief electoral officer Anil Salgotra. According to officials, 613 new polling stations have been added, making it a total of 11370.
Following the delimitation of Assembly segments which increased the seats from 83 to 90, the Election Commission of India ordered pre-revision activities in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir on June 10, 2022, which primarily included the task of mapping the existing electoral rolls, rationalization of polling stations and integrations of the electoral rolls.
Salgotra said the total electors on draft electoral rolls were 75,86,899 out of which 39,48,525 were male electors, 36, 38,262 were female electors and 112 were third gender electors. He said a record 11,40,768 claims were received through Form-6 for inclusion of names in the electoral Rolls across the UT.
“Out of these, 1128672 claims were accepted and only 12096 claims were rejected. This included 301961 claims of inclusion in the age group of 18-19. A total of 412157 requests for deletion were received out of which 35,8222 were accepted and 53935 were rejected. The gender ratio of the final electoral roll has increased from 921 to 948,” he said.
The gender ratio has shown a remarkable increase by 27 points and stands at 948, which is much above the census gender ratio of the UT and 57253 marked PwD electors in the final electoral roll, an increase of 46% over the draft roll, he said.
Earlier, the former Chief Electoral Officer in August this year had said that the Election Commission will add 20-25 lakh new voters including non-locals which created a political storm in the UT.
