55 lakh voters eligible to vote in Himachal : EC

Shimla: The process of finalisation of electoral rolls till 1st of October, 2022, has been completed with the final publication of electoral rolls by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) as per the schedule given by Election Commission of India. This was stated today by Maneesh Garg, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) here today.

A total of 5388409 voters were registered in Himachal Pradesh as per the draft publication on 16th august 2022 and after the revision of the photo electoral rolls. 163925 new voters have been registered while the  names of 45073 voters have been deleted from the electoral rolls due to death, transfer, duplication of registration.

The CEO said due to continuous and concerted efforts made by the Election Department under the UTSAV campaign, 69781 new voters in the age group of 18-19 years were registered thereby increasing the percentage enrolment of 18-19 years old electors from 46 percent to 75 per cent of the projected population during this period.

He said that taking into account the deletions, there has been a net increase of 118852 voters, which accounts for 2.21 percent increase. He said that the list of service voters has also been completed and there were 67532 service voters in the state till today.

Maneesh Garg said now there were total 5507261 general voters in the State, which includes 2780208 male, 2727016 female and 37 third gender electors. Also, the number of persons with disability (PWD) electors has increased to 56001 marking an increase of 1,470.

In comparison to the overall gender ratio of 976, the elector gender ratio has increased from 978 to 981 in the hill state during the summary revision of electoral rolls.

He further said that there were 104486 voters in 14-Sulah AC of Kangra district which was highest in the State, while 21-Lahaul & Spiti AC had 24744 voters, the lowest among all the ACs.

All the voter lists are also available on Election Department www.ceohimachal.nic.in and any person can verify their names registered in the list through NVSP portal or voter helpline mobile application and in case, their name is missing, or requires correction, the same can be added,rectified by submitting Form-6,Form-8.