Raj electorate crosses 5cr as over 14 lakh new voters added

Jaipur: In all, 14.22 lakh new voters were added to the voters’ list, taking the total numbers of voters in Rajasthan to 5.09 crore, as the final electoral roll was published on Wednesday as a part of special summary revision programme across 200 assembly constituencies, informed state’s chief electoral officer Praveen Gupta. Of the total voters added, 7.20 lakh are male voters and 7.02 lakh female. Of the 5.09 crore voters, 2.65 crore are male and 2.44 crore female. While 13.17 lakh voters are in the age-group 80 and above, 24,903 are above 100 years. There has been a 2.87% increase (14.22 lakh voters) in the number of voters. The names of 23,869 specially abled persons were added to the list during the revision programme. Currently, there are 5.26 lakh specially-abled voters in the state. During the special summary revision programme, 28.46 lakh applications were received online, the highest in the country, said

Gupta

. “In all, 20.55 lakh applications were received for addition of names through form-6 and 6.13 lakh applications were received for deletion of names through form-7. Of the total applications received through form-6, 19.86 lakh were accepted,” said Gupta. “Also, 5.63 lakh applications were accepted for deletion of names.”While 3.26 lakh voters of 18 years and 7. 78 lakh voters above 18 years were registered through their mobile numbers mentioned on the application forms. In all, 11.04 lakh voters can download their e-EPIC from the

NVSP

portal.Gupta on Wednesday also met the representatives of national and state-level political parties and informed them about the final publication of the voter list. He directed all the district election officers to organise meetings with the representatives of national and recognised political parties to make the voter list available to them.