AHMEDABAD: While Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation alone has registered an increase of 7.45 lakh voters since 2015, the six corporations that go to the polls in February have 19 lakh more voters.
The 231 taluka panchayats and 31 district panchayats have 2.5 crore voters, an increase of 25 lakh from 2015. The 81 municipalities have 46 lakh voters. Thus, the recent updated voters list for the local body elections has 4.1 crore voters.
Officials in the state election commission said that the voter lists for the six corporations have been finalized and those for municipalities, taluka and district panchayats are being finalized. Officials said the six corporations including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar have 1.15 crore voters.
Officials said of the 1.15 crore voters in municipal corporation areas, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has the most, 46.25 lakh. Of these, 24.14 lakh are male.
Officials in the state election commission said about 167 transgenders are registered as voters in Ahmedabad. Of these, the North Zone had the highest number of transgender voters, 53.
Officials said zone-wise, the West Zone has the most voter, 8.48 lakh. It is followed by the North Zone which has eight lakh voters.
Officials said the fewest voters, 3.69 lakh, are in the South Zone. The officials said that besides the increase in voters in the city, the city also had new areas added to its limits, such as Bopal-Ghuma. Officials said that the final voters list including those for municipalities, district and taluka panchayats will be available by the end of next week.
Of the 48 wards in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, 14 have more than one lakh voters, while 20 wards have more than 90,000 but less than one lakh. Three wards have less than 80,000 voters.
The officials said that in the city Thaltej ward in terms of population was the biggest ward with 1.31 lakh population followed by Saijpur Bogha with a population of 1.3 lakh. In terms of area, the officials said that the Thaltej and Jodhpur are the ward which perhaps cover largest area in the city.