New Delhi: According to a report by the Election Commission (EC), 96.88 crore of India’s voters are now registered for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Commission also said that more than two crore young voters between the ages of 18 and 29 have been added to the voters’ list.
The report says that after a months-long and intensive revision process, electoral rolls for all states and Union territories have been published by the EC with reference to January 1, 2024. According to the EC, this also includes the successful completion of the revision of electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam after the delimitation of constituencies.
The EC has said that it has kept a special emphasis on the purity and health of the electoral rolls while revising them. According to the report, the gender ratio has increased from 940 in 2023 to 948 in 2024. The Commission says that this is a clear indication of the growing role of women in shaping the democratic fabric of the nation.
It is worth noting that the names of 1,65,76,654 dead, permanently shifted, and duplicate electors have been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission after going through thorough house-to-house verification. The EC has also said that it has taken special steps to register 100 percent of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), making the electoral rolls the most inclusive to date.