Voter number row: J&K admin note claims ‘misrepresentation of facts’ | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
The notification shares figures showing voter rise by 10 lakh in 2011-2019; current exercise covering 3 years expected to yield around 25 lakh more, as per CEO
The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday issued a notification in local newspapers over “media reports” of more than 25 lakh voters being added to electoral rolls as part of the ongoing special summary revision, calling this a “misrepresentation of facts”.
The notification, issued by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations of the Government of J&K, said: “This (the 25 lakh figure) is a misrepresentation of facts, which is being spread by vested interests. This revision of electoral rolls will cover existing residents of the UT of J&K and increase in numbers will be of the voters who have attained the age of 18 years as on 1.10.2022 or earlier.”
The notification went on to add that the special summary revision of J&K state in 2011 had put voters at 66,00,921, while the number of electors as on today (pre-roll revision) was 76,02,397. This increase was also mainly due to the new voters who attained the age of 18 years, it said.
Going by the above, between 2011 and 2019, when the last summary revision was done, voter numbers increased by 10 lakh.
It was Chief Electoral Officer of J&K and Ladakh Hirdesh Kumar who, during a press meeting, said that they expected an addition of nearly 25 lakh voters in the ongoing special summary revision, being held for the first time in J&K since 2019. Usually, summary revision of electoral rolls is an annual exercise.
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