As many as 2,50,65,496 electors figure in the draft voters’ list released by the Election Department on Monday.
The special summary revision which provides an opportunity for fresh entrants and also those who had missed a chance to get enrolled is expected to elicit a positive response from various sections of voters.
The list comprises 1,21,10,468 male, 1,29,55,007 female and 21 transgender voters. The number of Non-Resident Indian voters is 23,410 comprising 21,749 male and 1661 female voters.
Revision process
Election Department sources said the enrolment process is open round the year, but the special summary revision lays thrust on young voters who would complete 18 years of age as on January 1, 2019. The revision process is understood to have evoked a very warm response from the young voters, thanks to the political awareness and high literacy level in the State. The rate of enrolment as well as the involvement in the polling process is quite encouraging, sources said.
Due thrust is also laid on bringing the differently abled, marginalised sections and also the transgenders into the electoral fold through systematic voter education and awareness drives.
Current revision
The current revision assumes significance as it precedes the Lok Sabha elections due in May next year.
Moreover, a Bill that provides an opportunity for overseas electors to cast proxy vote in the general elections has been cleared by the Lok Sabha and is awaiting the nod of the Rajya Sabha too. The fate of the Bill, though not expected to have direct impact on the enrolment process, its passage in the House of Elders is expected to serve as a catalyst to the exercise, sources said.
The department has worked out various outreach programmes to access different strata of society during the course of the revision process so that it could ensure maximum public participation in the revision process, sources said.