THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As of January this year, there were 2,88,533 new entrants in the voter list, which increased to 5,34,394 in the following three months. On January 30, 'Kerala Kaumudi' had reported that 70 percent of the new generation had not added their names to the voter list. With this, the Election Commission conducted awareness programs involving celebrities and youth organizations and urged the youngsters to add their names to the voter list. An additional 2,45,861 people could be added.
The target was to add 50 percent of the existing maiden voters but more than 85 percent could be added. Kottayam and Wayanad districts registered more than double the number of voters. The action plan was formulated by the Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay M Kaul in discussion with the district officers. The final list was prepared by eliminating double votes and mistakes. There are more male voters.
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(In the order of District, Male, Female, Transgender, Total Maiden Voter. Figures as on January 31 in brackets)
Thiruvananthapuram
21713 (11348)
21651(11765)
01(01)
43365 (23114)
Kollam
16382 (8164)
16539 (8832)
00 (00)
39921(16996)
Pathanamthitta
6509 (3885)
6168 (3784)
00 (00)
12677 (7669)
Alappuzha
14248 (7332)
13869 (7437)
00 (01)
28117(14770)
Kottayam
10525(5080)
10310 (5292)
01(00)
20836 (10372)
Idukki
6424 (3906)
6197(3872)
00 (00)
12621(7778)
Ernakulam
19930 (9972)
19105 (9950)
02(01)
38637(19923)
Thrissur
29786 (17883)
28353 (17664)
02 (04)
58141(35551)
Palakkad
23558(13508)
22125(12682)
04(02)
45687(26192)
Malappuram
45966(20195)
36316(15775)
04(02)
82286 (35972)
Kozhikode
37491(22059)
34352(20076)
04(02)
71847(42139)
Wayanad
4518(1855)
4060(1777)
00(00)
8878(3632)
Kannur
28338(16631)
27826(15632)
02(02)
55166(32265)
Kasaragod
12096(6368)
11117(6189)
02(03)
23215(12560)
Total
2,77,084 (147970)
2,57,288 (140542)
22(21)
5,34,394 (2,88,533)
Voters of all age groups: 2,77,49,159
Voters below 39 years from the total number of voters: 1,04,34,536