The Tamil Nadu electorate fell by eight lakh and stood at more than 6.12 crore, including 3.11 crore women, 3.01 crore men and more than 7,900 belonging to the third gender. The latest figures from the electoral roll of Continuous Updation, 2023 (Quarter 2) were released by the Election Commission of India on May 31.
In January this year, the total electorate of Tamil Nadu was 6.20 crore, including 3.15 crore women, 3.04 crore men and more than 8,000 from the third gender. “During the above continuous updation, names of 1,23,064 persons were included as new electors, 9,11,820 deletions have been made on account of shifting, death and duplicate entries”, an official release said.
More than 51,200 voters have changed their address and correction of entries were undertaken in respect of 2,60,103 electors, it said. Shozhinganallur Assembly Constituency in Chengalpattu district continues to have the highest number of electors in the State with 6,51,077 electors, including 3,26,253 men, 3,24,713 women and 111 from the third gender.
