Assembly Elections: 4.5 lakh more names added to voters’ list in distt

With an increase in the population of Nagpur district in the past five years, the number of voters has also gone up compared the previous Assembly Elections. In 2014, there were 37.04 lakh voters in the district, which is now increased by 4.5 lakhs and the figure is 41.63 lakh. Out of 41,63,367 voters in Nagpur district, 21,31,149 are male, 20,32,118 are female and 100 are third gender who will exercise their franchise in this Assembly elections on October 21. As compared to this year’s Lok Sabha polls there are total 78,527 more voters for the Vidhan Sabha elections.

However, 73,936 new voters between age group of 18 to 19 years will also cast vote. The number of voters in all the twelve assembly constituencies of the district has increased except one. In 2014, the total number of voters in Umred was 2,84,020 and the present figure is 2,84,403, which is just an addition of 383. Whereas, Hingna constituency marked the highest number of voters with 72,843. In 2014, Hingna had 3,03,081 voters and now it is 3,75,924. Voters could still register their names online or offline and the enrollment process will continue till the last date of filing which is on October 4.

Nagpur North constituency have the highest number of voters in Nagpur city with 3,83,663, where as South-West is on the second with 3,83,387. The figures for the other four constituencies are Nagpur South — 3,81,747, Nagpur East — 3,70,882, Nagpur Central - 323957 and Nagpur West — 3,60,819. Nagpur In rural, Kamptee has the highest number of voters 4,28,417 while Katol has the lowest with 2,71,518. Similarly, the number of third gender voters also increased this time. In 2014, the number was 46 and now there are 100 voters who are going to cast vote from different constituencies. North Nagpur have the highest 38 third gender voters.