Enrolment of young voters in the State has seen a huge jump in the last four months. From 7.01 lakh in the final electoral rolls published on January 5, the number of young voters has increased by 4.7 lakh. In 2018, the number of youth voters was 8.24 lakh.
Of the total 11.71 lakh young voters, 5.26 lakh are women and 181 are in the “Others’‘ category. The highest enrolment is in Belagavi district at 94,652. Bengaluru Urban follows with 61,602. The lowest enrolment is from Kodagu at 9,428, according to data from the Election Commission.
In at least 15 Assembly constituencies, the number of young voters is ranging between seven to 12,000 with the highest in Yeshwantpur (12,012) followed by Bengaluru South (9,986) and Byatarayanpura (9,304). The lowest enrolment is in C.V. Raman Nagar at 2,597 followed by Jayanagar at 2,666.
