The voters’ list in Kerala has witnessed a big jump in the enrolment of young voters ever since the draft list was published last October.
A little over 3.11 lakh voters were newly added to the list after the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO-Kerala) published the draft list on October 27 last year.
The draft list featured 77,176 first-time voters. By the time, the final voters’ list was published on January 22 this year, this number rose to 2,88,533. As on March 25, first-time voters numbered 3,88,981. This number represents voters aged between 18 and 19 who will be exercising their franchise for the first time on April 26. According to the office of the CEO, this encouraging jump in enrolment in such a short period also provides Kerala an enviable position among the States.
