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Elector Gender Ratio ( 2019-2024)

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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Gender Ratio

• Youth Engagement: More than 2 crore young electors, spanning the 18-19 and 20-29 age
groups, have been added to the electoral roll. Special Assistant Electoral Registration

Officers (AEROs) were appointed at the constituency level to facilitate youth enrolment
directly from educational institutions, fostering greater civic engagement among the

younger populace.

● Empowering PwD Electors: A commendable effort has been made to support Persons
with Disabilities (PwD) by flagging around 88.35 lakh PwD electors in the electoral roll
database, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity on polling day.

● Advance Applications to 17+ youth: A total of over 10.64 lakh advance applications have
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been received with reference to three subsequent qualifying dates of the year i.e. 1 April,
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1 July & 1 October, these advance applications shall be disposed of in the relevant
quarters.
● Rigorous scrutiny: After thorough house-to-house verification, names of 1,65,76,654
deceased, permanently shifted, and duplicate electors have been deleted from the

electoral rolls. This comprehensive cleanup ensures the integrity and purity of the
electoral process. It includes 67,82,642 dead voters, 75,11,128 permanently

shifted/absent voters and 22,05,685 duplicate voters.

● Focus on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups: Special endeavours have been
undertaken to achieve 100% registration of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG),

making the electoral rolls the most inclusive to date.

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