Guwahati: Assam has recorded a more than 3% increase in voters in 12 months with an increase of more than 1% in the gender ratio.
Fresh selection rollers published by the Assam head election officer (CEO) Nitin Khade on Wednesday had 2,37,834 voters.
The state has 2,29,92,505 voters in accordance with the final selection roll published in January 2021.
A total of 7.18,329 increases in voters have been recorded.
In terms of gender ratios, the state has 983 women’s voters per men’s voters.
In accordance with the selection of 2021, the state has 972 female voters per men’s voters.
In November last year, the State Election Commission issued an integrated selection draft for the 126 legislative elections with the increase in the final selection re-published on January 18, 2021.
The figure of the total voter in the design of the integrated design selection rose to 2.34 crore from 2.30 crore on 2.30 crore The final election of 2021.
After publishing a draft roll, the State Election Commission gave a month the time of voters to submit claims and objections to the authorities related to inclusion or the exception of the name in the scroll selection.
During the claim process and objection, more than five new selector lakh registered and more than 1.92 lakh removed from the draft roll.
The fresh list had more than 4.79 lakh youth 18-19 years while more than 4.15 lakh the same age group was added to the last list 2021.
Khade said, “There are various reasons behind the increase in the number of voters in the updated list.
Pandemic Covid-19 is one of the reasons significant.
Many people have returned to the state of various parts of India after the election, decided not to leave the country again and they have registered here.
Migrating voters are another reason.
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Assam saw more than 3% increase voters, the gender ratio increased to 983
