SRINAGAR: The total number of voters in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 86.93 lakh following the completion of the special summary revision of electoral rolls in the Union Territory, with January 01, 2024, as the qualifying date.
Jammu Kashmir’s Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole stated on Monday that currently, there are 86.93 lakh electors in JK.
“As of now, there are 86.93 lakh electors, which includes 44.35 lakh male and 42.58 lakh female,” he said.
He added that the electoral population ratio has improved from 0.59 to 0.60, and the gender ratio has increased from 924 to 954.
According to details available with news agency KNO, 2.31 lakh new voters were added to the electoral roll during the revision, while 86,000 were deleted due to deaths, shifting and other reasons.
During the period of the special summary revision, the details of 1.45 lakh electors were corrected, the CEO said.
This marks the third revision of electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir after the delimitation exercise was completed on May 05, 2022.
The special summary revision with January 01, 2024, as the qualifying date was carried out in two phases. The first phase involved training staff involved in the exercise and the rationalization of polling booths. As many as 259 new polling stations were created in J&K after consultation with political parties.
The second phase started with the publication of the draft electoral roll on October 17, 2023. The exercise was completed with the publication of the final electoral roll on Monday, January 22—(KNO).
