Telangana Has 3.06 Crore Voters, Says Election Commission

The total number of voters in the state stands at 3,06,42,333. They include 1,53,73,066 male voters and 1,52,51,797 female voters. A total of 2,133 voters belong to the third gender.

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Telangana has 3.06 crore voters in 119 Assembly constituencies of the state, according to the draft roll for the 2nd Special Summary Revision (SSR) published by the Election Commission of India. The total number of voters in the state stands at 3,06,42,333. They include 1,53,73,066 male voters and 1,52,51,797 female voters. A total of 2,133 voters belong to the third gender, IANS reported. There are 35,356 polling stations in the state.

According to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vikas Raj, the total number of general electors in the state is 3,06,26,996. Besides, there are 2,742 NRI and 15,337 service electors.

The number of young electors in the age group of 18-19 stands at 4,76,597. As per SSR-2023 final roll with January 1, 2023, as the qualifying date, the state had 2,99,77,659 electors. About 8,31,520 additions were made to this number, while 1,82,183 electors were deleted as part of the continuous updation of rolls.

The Serilingampalli constituency in Greater Hyderabad has the highest number of voters at 6,62,552, while Bhadrachalam has the least at 1,44,170.

The draft rolls show that 64 constituencies have more women voters than men.

The Election Commission publishes draft rolls every year on January 5, but in view of the forthcoming elections to the Telangana Assembly, it undertook a special summary revision.

Claims and objections can be filed from August 21st up to September 19th. As part of this, people can also submit their claims in the prescribed Form-6 to get enrolled as voters.

The CEO said that a person whose name has been wrongfully deleted from the electoral roll could file an appeal under Section 24 of the Representation of People’s Act, 1950, within the prescribed period of 15 days to the District Election Officer or submit Form-6 at any time during this round of summary revision exercise.

The final rolls will be published on October 4th. The Assembly elections are slated to be held in November-December of this year.

Meanwhile, the CEO has prohibited transfers of officials engaged in special summary revision. He issued the orders as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India.