NEW DELHI: The final electoral rolls of Delhi published on Monday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls showed a huge 85% rise in the number of young voters in the 18-19 years age group as well as improved registration of women voters.
As per the special summary revision 2024 completed with the publication of the final rolls, the total number of voters stood at 1,47,18,119, including 79,86,572 males, 67,30,371 females and 1,176 third-gender electors, according to a statement from the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Delhi.
The final electoral roll, 2024, showed a drop of over 58,182 voters compared to the final roll of 2023. The total number of electors as per final roll of 2023 was 1,47,76,301.
The number of male and female voters—79,86, 572 and 67,30,371—in 2024 final roll also dropped as compared to 2023. The number of male and female voters as per final roll of 2023 were 80,38,676 and 67,36,470.
In a house-to-house verification, 3,97,004 entries from electoral rolls were deleted which included 3,07,788 names of permanently shifted electors, 56,773 dead electors, and 32,443 shown as multiple entries.
With special efforts made during the special summary revision exercise (qualifying date January 1, 2024), the gender ratio of the electors has improved by 5 points — from 838 to 843, demonstrating significant progress in efforts towards intensification of electoral inclusion of women, said CEO, Delhi, P Krishnamurthy.
“The final electoral roll published shows a significant increase in the number of young electors in Delhi, demonstrating the commitment of young electors towards the electoral process,” said Krishnamurthy.
A special focus was on enrolment of young voters in the 18 to 19 years age group. Total 67,930 young voters were added to the electoral rolls of Delhi during the special summary revision which means 26.7% of the total addition of 2,54,470 names added during the revision were young voters, the statement said.
The enrolment of young electors has increased by 9.69% as compared to the final roll of last year and by 85.8% during the special summary revision-2024, it stated.