Final electoral rolls released State registers more female voters than males
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, January 12 2017: The final electoral rolls of the 60 Assembly Constituencies of the State were released today by Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) VK Dewangan.

Briefing media persons after releasing the electoral rolls today at Old Secretariat, CEO Vivek Kumar Dewangan said the total number of State's electors as on January 1, 2017 is 18,93,743 out of which 9,25,431 are male electors and 9,68,312 are female voters.

The highest number of voters are in the age group of 20-29 with 5,04,502 electors constituting 15.27% of the total electors.

District-wise, electors to population ratio is highest in Imphal East at 66 per cent and lowest in Senapati district at 39 per cent.

Final electoral rolls released State registers more female voters than males

The total number of electors in Imphal East district is 3,24,491, Imphal West has 3,53,705 electors, Bishnupur has 1,68,003 electors, Thoubal has 2,96,884 electors, Chandel has 91,994 electors, Ukhrul has 1,12,065 electors, Senapati has 2,59,294 electors, Tamenglong has 93,469 electors and Churachandpur has 1,93,838 electors.

Imphal West has the highest gender ratio at 1075 female electors for every 1000 male voters and Senapati has the lowest gender ratio at 991 female electors for every 1000 male voters.

Geographically, Phungyar in Ukhrul district is the largest Assembly Constituency covering 38.9 square Kms and the smallest is Singjamei AC and Keishamthong AC with 2 square Kms.

The CEO also announced nine recognized political parties functioning in the State.

They are All India Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Indian National Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Naga Peoples' Front and People's Democratic Alliance.

He informed that Voters Assistance Booths (VAB) will be set up for every polling station to facilitate voters to locate his/her polling booth number and serial number in the electoral roll of the polling booth concerned.

The Commission has also directed that official voter slips bearing photographs of electors would be distributed to all enrolled voters by the District Election Officers.

The Commission has laid special emphasis on the systematic, efficient and timely distribution of the Photo Voter Slips through Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who are under strict instructions to hand over the voter slips to the electors concerned and not to any other person.

The distribution of Photo Voter Slips will be completed 5 days before the date of the poll, Dewangan continued.

A Voter Guide Brochure (in local language) will be handed over to every household ahead of the elections.

The brochure will have information about date and time of polls, contact details of the BLOs, important websites, helpline numbers, documents required for identification at the polling station besides other important information including the Dos and Don'ts for voters at the polling station.