Haryana adds over 4.13L voters in one year

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 17

In the run-up to the forthcoming municipal elections in the state, Haryana has added over 4.13 lakh voters in the past one year. Taking January 1, 2022, as the eligibility date, the total number of voters is pegged at 1,93,31,458 in the state, up from 1,89,17,901 on January 1 last year.

The data released by the Election Commission said Haryana had 1,10,612 service voters. Faridabad, which incidentally has largest number of voters (16,11,006), registered the sharpest increase in voters with 45,445 new voters in 18+ category being added.

Faridabad adds max No.

• Total electorate in Haryana pegged at 1,93,31,458.
• The figure was 1,89,17,901 on January 1 last year.
• As many as 1,10,612 service voters.
• Faridabad adds a maximum of 45,445 voters, followed by Mewat with 44,281.
• Charkhi Dadri adds least number of voters at 6,145.

Faridabad was followed by Mewat which added 44,281 voters. Charkhi Dadri, which also has the least number of voters among all districts (3,92,033), added the lowest number of voters(6,145).

During the Haryana Assembly elections in October 2019, the total electorate in the state was reported to be 1,83,90,525. However, during the May 2019 Lok Sabha polls, this number went up to 1,80,56,896.

In the 90-member Haryana Assembly, Badshahpur in Gurugram district is the largest Assembly constituency having 4,17,084 voters while Narnaul has lowest voters(1,50,116).

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