BENGALURU: As many as 72 lakh new voters have been added to the electoral rolls, taking the total number of voters in the state to 4,90,06,901. Draft electoral rolls for the 224 assembly elections scheduled early next year has been published on the state election commission website on Monday. Total number of voters in 2013 assembly election was 4,18,38,541 and the increase is around 17 percent.
State Election Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar on Monday said that there would be 72 lakh additional voters and Bengaluru will have 7 lakh new voters. There will be 2,41,34,805 female voters, 2,48,67,756 male voters and 4340 transgender voters in the state.In Bengaluru, 7.69 lakh voters have enrolled where most of them belong to 18-19 years age category. Among 28 constituencies, Bengaluru will have 85,88,762 voters, among which 45,02,576 are males, 40,84,802 females and 1,384 transgender voters. 7,69,472 new voters have enrolled in Bengaluru, overall.
Final voters list by February 15
The final list for the assembly polls will be announced on February 15, 2018.
Sanjeev Kumar said Election Commission of India has announced draft voters list of 224 constituencies on the website http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/ for the public. The drafted voters list also has been sent to deputy commissioners of each district and political parties. Between December 6 and 21, the list will be shared at Municipal, Gram Panchayat and Town panchayat levels. The public has been given a deadline of December 29 to add or remove names from the voter lists.