Draft voters list: 40.73 Lakh voters in 16 wards in Chennai
Posted on: 03/Oct/2017 6:56:20 PM
The draft voters lists were released throughout Tamil Nadu today (Tuesday, 3rd October).
The respective district collectors released the list. Tamil Nadu Election Commissioner Rajesh Lakhani observed on this occasion that there are 5,95,88,002 voters in the state of Tamil Nadu. 2,94,84,492 are men. 3,98,20,267 are women. 5242 are Transgenders.
There are 624405 voters in Sholinganallur, which is the largest constituency in Tamil Nadu. 168275 voters exist in Keezhvellore, the smallest constituency.
The maximum number of women voters are in the Sholinganallur constituency – 310542. A maximum number of 130 Transgenders is in Maduravoyal constituency.
The Chennai District Collector released the draft voters list for the 16 wards. He informed the reporters that the draft voters list was released today for corrections.
These lists will be displayed in the corporation zonal offices and polling booth centres. The public will need to check and confirm whether their names are included.
Those whose names are not included, need to fill Form-6 and those whose names are to be removed will have to fill form-7. For correction of details, Form-8 has to be filled and given.
In case of shifting residence within the same constituency, Form-8A has to be filled and given.
These forms can be filled and submitted from today (3rd October) to 31st October. Further, special camps are scheduled to be conducted on 8th and 22nd October.
The public can visit these camps to carry out the necessary additions, deletions, and corrections.
These can be submitted online as well. The website: http://www.elections.tn.gov.in
During the last legislative assembly elections, there were 2690 polling booths and 72 branch polling booths. They have been renovated now and there will be a total of 3760 polling booths and the voters` list will be released on this basis.
As per the voters` list released on 5th January 2017, the number of voters in Chennai district was 3983359.
With the recently completed correction activity, the names of 15081 males, 16474 females and 19 others have been added. The names of 8071 males and 8002 females have been removed.
As per the latest released draft voters’ list, there is a total of 40,73,703 voters in Chennai District.
The maximum number of voters in the district are in Velachery with 30,76,16. The port constituency has the least number of voters – 189102.
