NEW DELHI: India’s electorate has grown by 2.2% to over 99 crore from 96.9 crore since the last special summary revision of electoral rolls in 2024. The 99 crore figure, as per final rolls published so far for 33 states and UTs with Jan 1, 2025 as the reference date, will rise further as data for Nagaland, Sikkim and UT of Chandigarh is based on draft rolls.
While the final roll for Nagaland and Sikkim will be published Tuesday, that for Chandigarh is due to be published on Jan 10. As per the latest data of voters from across 36 states and UTs exclusively accessed by TOI, as many as 50.7 crore of the over 99 crore electors are male, while 48.3 crore are women and 48,870 belong to the third gender.
CEC Rajiv Kumar, while sharing data from special summary revision of electoral rolls, said the country’s electorate has already crossed the 99 crore-mark and is nearing the record figure of 1 billion. He added that the country’s women voters have, for the first time in the history of electoral democracy, grown to beyond 48 crore.
A comparison with data from nationwide special summary revision of rolls with Jan 1, 2024 as the reference date shows a 2.2% increase in Indian electorate, 1.9% in male electorate and a significantly higher 2.5% rise in total number of women electors over the past one year.
The electors to population ratio has also improved to 67.8 in Jan 2025 as compared to 66.8 a year ago, as has the gender ratio (female electors per 1,000 male electors) to 954 from 948 in 2024.
Statewise, updated electoral rolls for 2025 show UP in the lead with 15.3 crore voters. Maharashtra is next with a total 9.8 crore voters, followed by Bihar with 7.8 crore voters, Bengal with 7.6 crore and Tamil Nadu with 6.3 crore. In terms of electors to population ratio, Lakshadweep leads at 82.2, followed by Kerala at 77.1 and Bengal at 75.1.
