Draft electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu to be published by EC tomorrow
Posted on: 14/Oct/2014 2:50:55 PM
Draft electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu is to be published by EC tomorrow.The Election Commission has announced special summary revision of electoral rolls of Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu with reference to January 1, 2015 as the qualifying date.
The draft rolls would be published tomorrow in all districts in the designated locations and also be hosted on Election Commission`s website.
Speaking to reporters, Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Kumar said a total of 65,648 persons were added to the electoral rolls after the general elections in April this year and another 10,389 were deleted from the rolls during the same period upon application.
The electorate has maximum number of women at 2,74,47,173 followed by 2,74,21,074 men and 3,127 third gender.
Those above 18 years and intending to add their names in the rolls could apply between Oct 15 and Nov 10 this year and their names would appear in the final rolls, which would be released on January 1, 2015.
The EC would also organise special campaigns on Oct 26 and Nov 2 in respective polling stations. Electors can also send an SMS to 9444123456 with their EPIC number to find out in which constituency they have a vote.
