Assembly polls: Number of voters in Maha rises by over 8 lakh

The number of voters in Maharashtra has gone up by over 8 lakh since the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year, State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Baldev Singh said on Wednesday.

After the revision of electoral rolls, the total number of voters in the state as on August 31 is 8,94,46,211, he said.

Asserting that EVMs are "tamper-free", Singh said the Election Commission (EC) will launch an awareness campaign against the "misinformation" about these machines.

"As per the July 15 electoral rolls, the number of voters in the state was 8,85,86,961, of whom 4,63,27,241 were males and 4,22,57,193 were females. There were 2,527 transgender voters," Singh said in a press conference here.

"Now, after the summary revision as on August 31, the total number of voters is 8,94,46,211. The increase in the number of voters was 10,75,528, but the names of 2,16,278 voters were struck off the voters' list. This means the net increase in the voters' list is 8,59,250," he said.

"There is an increase of around 16 per cent in the age group of 18 to 19 years," he said.

Of the total 8.94 crore voters, 4,67,37,841 are men and 4,27,05,777 are women. The male-female ratio as per the electoral rolls is 914:1000, while as per the population census the ratio is 925:1000,