Voter count in Haryana pegged at 1.97 crore
Pradeep Sharma
Chandigarh, February 2
The total number of voters for Haryana’s 10 Lok Sabha seats is pegged at 1,97,25,257 crore in Haryana, an increase of 67,023 voters in 2023 as compared to 2022. In 2022, the total electorate was 1,96,58,234.
Figures up from 2022
- The voter count in 2023 has seen an increase of 67,023 compared to 2022
- Enrolment is likely to go up ahead of the Lok Sabha poll, as those completing 18 years on April 1 will be eligible for registration
Data compiled by the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) showed that taking January 1, 2024, as the cut-off date for enrolment of voters, the Gurugram Lok Sabha constituency has the highest number of 24.94 lakh voters, and the Sonepat parliamentary segment has the lowest voters in the state at 17.37 lakh.
Incidentally, the Badshahpur Assembly segment, falling in Gurugram district, has the highest voters—4.62 lakh—for any Assembly constituency.
Faridabad in the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed second in the voters’ enrolment, with 23.54 lakh voters. The CM’s city, Karnal, with 20.73 lakh electorate, was third in the state.
As far as voter population was concerned, Ambala is at No. 4, with 19.71 lakh voters, followed by Sirsa, which had a total of 19.2 lakh voters. Rohtak comes next with 18.63 lakh voters. Kurukshetra has 17.75 lakh voters, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh parliamentary constituency 17.7 lakh, and Hisar 17.63 lakh.
Hemant Kumar, an advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, claimed that the total electorate would go up in the April/May 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “Certain amendments to the Elections Laws (Amendment), Act, 2021, and Representation of the People’s Act, 1950, which came into force on August 1, 2022, have allowed enrolment of the new voters, who complete 18 years, on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of every year. The forthcoming Lok Sabha elections will see the inclusion of new voters, who complete 18 years on April 1, 2024, thus increasing the total electorate in Haryana,” he said.
