Over 15K new voters enrolled; female voters outnumber male counterparts
MARGAO
It’s official. The total electorate in South Goa after the revision of electoral rolls is pegged around 6.22 lakh voters, around 6,22,383 to be precise, after the enrollment of new voters, around 15,475, as on January 5, 2024.
That’s not all. Female voters outnumber males in the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency comprising of the 20 Assembly segments, barring Priol Assembly segment, which falls in the North Goa Parliamentary constituency. Of the total 6,22,383 voters, females outnumber males by around 19,000-odd voters. While the total number of male voters is pegged at 3,01,525, females voters are pegged around 3,20,585.
South Goa Additional Collector-II, Dipak Desai, however, cautioned that the updated electoral roll is not the final roll, saying the process of inclusion of new voters is an ongoing process and will continue till the process of nomination papers in the coming election.
Addressing the media called to hand over the updated electoral rolls to the representatives of the political parties, the Additional Collector said the process to update the electoral roll had commenced on October 20 last in the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency. “In South Goa, we have as many as 20 Assembly segments. Though Priol falls in South Goa district for the purpose of Assembly election, the segment is part of the North Goa Parliamentary constituency during the Lok Sabha polls,” he said.
He added: “The process starts with the filing of forms 6, 7 and 8. During the entire process, the election officials had received a whopping 77,319 applications, out of which 6,25,666 were processed by the officials.”
He said around 22,000 applications for inclusion of new voters in the electoral rolls were received by the election officials, adding that around 15,475 new voters were finally included in the rolls.
11K voters aged between 18-19 years enroll, better previous record
MARGAO: Thanks to the role played by the Dedicated AERO’s (Assistance Electoral Registration officers) during the process to update the electoral rolls, around 11,000-odd new voters in the age group of 18-19 years have been included in the electoral roll in South Goa.
The inclusion of the 11,000-odd new voters has bettered the previous record of 0.67 per cent, with the percentage of new voters in the age group of 18-19 years touching around 1.5 per cent this time round.
Additional Collector, Dipak Desai informed that the percentage of new voters included in the electoral roll on an average was pegged around 0.5 per cent all over the country.
However, with the concept of Dedicated AERO’s before adopted during the revision of electoral rolls, the inclusion of new voters have touched around 1.5 per cent this time round.
“The Dedicated AERO’s have been specifically given the task of the institutions, including the educational institutions, to ensure that the new voters are included in the electoral rolls. These officers concentrated on the new voters and the new generation of voters, which ultimately helped to increase the percentage of new voters to an all-time high of 1.5 per cent,” Desai added.
Over 5.44 lakh voters in N Goa
PANAJI: The Election Roll for North Goa has also been finalised wherein 5,44,548 are eligible voters spread across 19 constituencies.
As per government data, 2,64,103 are male voters, 2,80,442 female voters, and 3 transgenders have been enrolled. The data further shows that 10,130 eligible voters fall within the 18-19-year old bracket.
