Meghalaya has 18,92,716 voters with women outnumbering men as per the final electoral roll published on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer, Frederick Roy Kharkongor said.
The number of women voters in Meghalaya was 9,56,137 while men was 9,36,579, he said, adding that 46,091 new voters were enrolled in the final electoral roll.
Stating that Meghalaya always have a healthy gender ratio in term of women electorate vis--vis men, Kharkongor said, "Our gender ratio is 1021 for every 1000 men, which is healthier than the 2011 Census which is at 989."
The CEO informed that preparation for the Lok Sabha elections to the Shillong and Tura parliamentary seats is on and said, "... we will all collectively work together and try to improve the poll percentage in as far as MP elections is concerned."
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