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Voter strength in TS crosses 3 crore mark
The Hindu
Hyderabad continues on top with 43.53 lakh voters
Voter strength in Telangana has crossed the 3 crore mark for the first time going by the trends in the special summary revision (SSR) of electoral rolls taken up by the Election Commission of India.
According to the latest numbers, there are a total 3.03 crore voters in the State with 1.52 crore male and 1.51 crore female while 1,683 are other gender. There are also 14,501 service voters, 2,742 NRI electors and 5.01 lakh persons with disabilities in the latest voter list, according to Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel. The State had voter strength of 2.99 crore during the special summary revision 2020.
Hyderabad district continues to top the list with 43.53 lakh voters in the latest revision. The district saw an increase of more than one lakh new voters, prominently those crossing the age of 18, as compared with the previous special summary revision when the voter strength was 42.37 lakh. Neighbouring Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts too saw impressive rise in the voter strength during the exercise of special summary revision.