J&K’s revised electoral rolls sees highest ever addition of 7.72 lakh voters

J&K has a total of 83,59,771 electors now, out of which 42,91,687 are male, 184 are third gender and 40,67,900 are females

The much-awaited revised electoral rolls of J&K on Friday saw an increase of 7.72 lakh electors, the highest ever increase of 10.19% in the electoral rolls of the Union Territory (U.T.).

“There is a net increase of 7,72,872 electors in the final electoral roll, a 10.19% net increase of the registered electors over the draft roll. This was for the first time in the history of J&K that more than 11 lakh names were included in a single Special Summary Revision (SSR) period,” Anil Salgotra, Joint Chief Electoral Officer, said.

He said the overall net addition of 7,72,872 is a milestone as the best figure till date even in election year SSRs was less than two lakhs.

J&K has a total of 83,59,771 electors now, out of which 42,91,687 are male, 184 are third gender and 40,67,900 are females.

“The elector population ratio has increased from 0.52 to 0.58 during this SSR. The gender ratio of the final electoral roll has increased from 921 to 948. The gender ratio has shown a remarkable increase by 27 points,” Mr. Salgotra said.

Overall, there has been a 6% increase in the Elector Population Ratio, making it 58% from 52%, he added.

The photo coverage in the roll was maintained at 99.99%, as “no new entry without a proper photograph has been allowed in the electoral roll”.