Final electoral rolls released in Erode, Salem, Namakkal districts

ERODE/Salem The District Collectors of Erode, Salem and Namakkal released the final electoral rolls

The District Collectors of Erode, Salem and Namakkal released the final electoral rolls in the respective districts on Thursday.

In Erode, District Election Officer and Collector H. Krishnanunni released the final electoral rolls for the eight Assembly constituencies in which there are a total of 19,43,912 electors. It includes 9,44,659 male voters, 9,99,105 female voters and 148 third gender.

As per the draft roll published on November 9, 2022, there were 19,45,580 electors. After inclusion of 29,240 electors and deletion of 30,908 names, the number was reduced by 1,668 in the district. Also, there were 275 service electors in the district. The number of polling stations was 2,222 at 951 locations. Women electors outnumber men by 54,446 in the district and also outnumber men in all the constituencies.

Electors in each constituency were Erode (East) – 2,26,876 (1,10,713 men, 1,16,140 women and 23 third gender); Erode (West) – 2,97,258 (1,45,202 men, 1,52,016 women, 40 third gender); Modakkurichi – 2,28,909 (1,09,675 men, 1,19,221 women, 13 third gender); Perundurai – 2,30,105 (1,11,358 men, 1,18,739 women, eight third gender); Bhavani – 2,36,452 (1,15,961 men, 1,20,474 women, 17 third gender); Anthiyur – 2,13,703 (1,05,113 men, 1,08,573 women, 17 third gender); Gobichettipalayam – 2,53,154 (1,21,331 men, 1,31,814 women, nine third gender) and Bhavanisagar (SC) – 2,57,455 (1,25,306 men, 1,32,128 women and 21 third gender).

The draft roll was received by representatives of recognised political parties in the presence of District Revenue Officer S. Santhoshini Chandra, Assistant Collector (Training) Ponmani, Personal Assistant (General) to Collector Ganesh, Revenue Divisional Officer’s Satheesh Kumar (Erode) and Dhivya Priyadarshini (Gobichettipalayam) and Tahsildar (Election) Sivagami.

Mr. Krishnanunni told the media that 62.14% works to link Aadhaar number with voters’ identity card had been completed and work was on to complete the rest.

In Namakkal, Collector Shreya P. Singh said the district had a total of 1,627 polling stations in six Assembly constituencies, including 260 in the Rasipuram (SC), 284 in the Senthamangalam (ST), 289 in the Namakkal, 254 in the Paramathi Velur, 261 in the Tiruchengode, and 279 polling stations in the Komarapalayam constituency. The district has a total of 14,35,198 voters, including 6,95,695 male voters, 7,39,311 female voters, and 192 others.