Eligible 18+ Voters may Apply for Inclusion in Voter List; Application will be Processed only after June 6, 2024

Port Blair, April 15: The Chief Electoral Officer, A&N Islands, Shri B S Jaglan, IAS, today informed that fake news on inclusion of names in voter list is circulating among general public by various platforms.

In this regard, CEO informed that the final Electoral Roll for the General Election 2024 has been finalized and published on 27th March 2024 (Last date of nomination) and thereafter no inclusion of names in electoral roll shall be made till 06.06.2024 i.e. on completion of election period.

However, the eligible 18+ voters may apply for inclusion in voter list but their application will be processed only after 06.06.2024 i.e. on completion of election period.

The CEO has requested general public not to entertain any fake messages on inclusion of names in voter list.

Further, the CEO informed that as per the Electoral Roll published on 27th March 2024, the total number of electors for the General Election 2024 is 3,15,148. The number of male electors is 1,64,012 and the number of female electors is 1,51,132 while the no. of third gender is 04. The gender ratio has improved and stands at 921 this time compared to 886 in the Elections in 2019 which shows that the number of female electors has increased. The CEO further informed that the electors in between the age of 18-19 years are 5,319 while in the age group of 20-29 years is 65,706.    He further informed that the electors in the age group of 30-79 years are 2, 41,332 while the number of electors in the age 85+ is 1,037 while the number of PwDs is 2,422.