Telanganahas added 22 lakh new voters in the last seven years. As on date, there are over three crore electors in compared to 2.81 crore when Elections were held to the assembly in April 2014.
And, the numbers of voters are expected to increase after the special summary revision of electoral rolls is completed and the final voters list is published in 2022. Though the latest Population census is yet to be conducted, it is estimated that the total population in Telangana has gone up to four crore from 3.50 crore in 2011.
As per the draft electoral rolls published earlier this month, Telangana has 3,03,56,665 electors of which 1,52,57,690 are males and 1,50,97,292 females.
Of the total voters in the state, there are 1,683 transgenders and 14,501 service voters. More importantly, there are over five lakh voters under the category of persons with disabilities (PWD).
A special summary revision (SSR) of the photo electoral rolls, 2022, was announced in Telangana from November 1, with January 1, 2022 as the qualifying date for enrolment, as per the instruction of theElection Commission of India(ECI). The final publication of electoral rolls would be on January 5, 2022.