Total 23,161,296 electors aged between 18 and 19 years in India: EC

15 states/UTs have newly eligible electors belonging to the “Others” category, with Karnataka having the largest number of such electors, followed next by Andhra Pradesh

February 21, 2014 12:02 IST | India Infoline News Service

According to the electoral data as per the final publication of summary revision 2014 released by the Election Commission of India on 14^th February, 2014, out of a total of 23,161,296 Indian electors aged between 18 and 19 years, male electors constitute 58.6%, female electors 41.4% and electors belonging to the category “Others” constitute 0.018%. Among the 28 states and 7 union territories, 21 states/UTs have a higher proportion of female electors in this age category than that of the national proportion of 41.4%. Nagaland with 50.4% female electors in this age group is the sole state where the number of newly eligible female electors exceeds that of newly eligible male electors. There are 10 states/UTs where the proportion of females among newly eligible electors is less than 40%. Haryana has the lowest proportion at 28.3% followed next by Maharashtra at 35.4%. 15 states/UTs have newly eligible electors belonging to the “Others” category, with Karnataka having the largest number of such electors, followed next by Andhra Pradesh.

Table 1: Gender-wise Composition of Newly Eligible Indian Electors

State / UT	Male		Female		Others		Total Electors
State / UT	No: of Electors	% of Total Electors	No: of Electors	% of Total Electors	No: of Electors	% of Total Electors	Total Electors
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	1,529	52.7%	1,370	47.3%	0	0.000%	2,899
Andhra Pradesh	925,709	59.9%	617,998	40.0%	496	0.032%	1,544,203
Arunachal Pradesh	15,335	50.4%	15,064	49.6%	0	0.000%	30,399
Assam	370,550	56.4%	286,640	43.6%	0	0.000%	657,190
Bihar	897,009	54.2%	757,363	45.8%	230	0.014%	1,654,602
Chandigarh	11,593	63.8%	6,577	36.2%	0	0.000%	18,170
Chattisgarh	500,585	57.7%	366,507	42.3%	7	0.001%	867,099
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	11,560	62.0%	7,095	38.0%	0	0.000%	18,655
Daman & Diu	4,860	55.4%	3,918	44.6%	0	0.000%	8,778
Goa	12,458	51.9%	11,527	48.1%	0	0.000%	23,985
Gujarat	605,264	63.8%	342,964	36.2%	14	0.001%	948,242
Haryana	250,495	71.7%	98,744	28.3%	0	0.000%	349,239
Himachal Pradesh	36,621	58.9%	25,512	41.1%	0	0.000%	62,133
Jammu & Kashmir	88,210	59.4%	60,270	40.6%	0	0.000%	148,480
Jharkhand	963,842	53.5%	838,403	46.5%	3	0.000%	1,802,248
Karnataka	479,418	59.6%	322,779	40.1%	2,589	0.322%	804,786
Kerala	229,389	54.9%	188,101	45.1%	0	0.000%	417,490
Lakshadweep	1,044	50.9%	1,006	49.1%	0	0.000%	2,050
Madhya Pradesh	861,333	54.1%	732,139	45.9%	47	0.003%	1,593,519
Maharashtra	694,108	64.5%	381,268	35.5%	0	0.000%	1,075,376
Manipur	20,144	50.1%	20,047	49.9%	0	0.000%	40,191
Meghalaya	32,764	52.0%	30,254	48.0%	0	0.000%	63,018
Mizoram	18,725	50.1%	18,650	49.9%	0	0.000%	37,375
Nagaland	17,934	49.6%	18,225	50.4%	0	0.000%	36,159
NCT OF Delhi	138,484	61.1%	88,311	38.9%	38	0.017%	226,833
Odisha	487,234	62.1%	297,291	37.9%	152	0.019%	784,677
Puducherry	15,501	53.1%	13,685	46.9%	1	0.003%	29,187
Punjab	309,861	63.8%	175,627	36.2%	0	0.000%	485,488
Rajasthan	1,194,036	58.5%	847,233	41.5%	2	0.000%	2,041,271
Sikkim	6,416	54.8%	5,299	45.2%	0	0.000%	11,715
Tamil Nadu	692,597	57.7%	506,588	42.2%	124	0.010%	1,199,309
Tripura	69,185	57.1%	51,929	42.9%	0	0.000%	121,114
Uttar Pradesh	2,304,350	60.4%	1,509,401	39.6%	429	0.011%	3,814,180
Uttarakhand	102,769	63.6%	58,743	36.4%	0	0.000%	161,512
West Bengal	1,193,818	57.4%	885,861	42.6%	45	0.002%	2,079,724
Total	13,564,730	58.6%	9,592,389	41.4%	4,177	0.018%	23,161,296

Data Source: Election Commission of India (data as on 14^th February, 2014)

Figure 1: Gender-wise Composition of Newly Eligible Indian Electors in States

Figure 2: Gender-wise Composition of Newly Eligible Indian Electors in Union Territories

Figure 3: Gender-wise Composition of Newly Eligible Indian Electors (Percentages)