In Telangana, the total number of voters in 119 Assembly constituencies of the State stood at three crore six lakh (3.06 crore). Out of them, over 1 crore 53 lakh voters are male and 1 crore 52 lakh are female while 2 thousand 133 voters belong to the third gender. The number is against the 2.99 crore voters in the final rolls published during March this year. As per the latest draft rolls for the 2nd Special Summary Revision, published in all assembly constituencies, there were about 8 lakh 31 thousand additions and 1 lakh 82 thousand deletions made in the past few months taking the total number to 3.06 crore.
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer, Vikas Raj said there are 2 thousand 742 NRI voters and 15 thousand 337 service voters while the number of young electors in the age group 18-19 is 4 lakh 76 thousand. The election authority had set up 35 thousand 356 polling stations across the State where polling will be held as and when elections were held. The CEO in a statement said claims and objections on the voters’ lists could be filed from Monday till September 19. People could file their papers using prescribed Form-6 for enrolment as voters and those whose names had been d wrongfully could file an appeal.