Shimla: In Himachal Pradesh, the 55,07,261 general voters include 27,80,208 male, 27,27,016 female and 37 third gender electors. Also, the number of persons with disability (PWD) has increased to 56,001 marking an increase of 1,470.The overall gender ratio has increased from 978 to 981 in the state during the summary revision of electoral rolls.
Chief electoral officer Maneesh Garg said due to the election department’s UTSAV campaign, 69,781 new voters in the age group of 18-19 years had been registered, increasing the percentage enrolment of 18-19 years old electors from 46 to 75 of the projected population during this period. He said 53,88,409 voters were registered according to the draft publication on August 16 and after the revision of the photo electoral rolls, 1,63,925 new voters have been registered while 45,073 names have been deleted for death and other reasons.
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