The country has added 9.7
crore voters since the 2009 Lok Sabha poll, which translates into a 13.5% rise,
but the statewise rolls for 2014 finalized on January 31 show that Tamil
Nadu, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal have registered the highest
growth of voters in percentage terms. Beating the national average by a
huge margin, the electorate in Tamil Nadu has swelled by a whopping 29.3%,
in Haryana by 28%, in MP by 25% and in West Bengal
by almost 19%.
Interestingly, the Tamil Nadu,
Haryana and Madhya Pradesh electorate had shown a decline of around 11.9%, 1.9%
and 0.7%, respectively, between the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Voters in West Bengal grew between 2004 and 2009, though only by
9.6% as compared to 25% between 2009 and 2014.
No comments:
Post a Comment