According to a recent report by the Election Commission of India, the total electorate of Tamil Nadu has crossed the six croremark.

According to the ECI, the electorate in Tamil Nadu, as on December 17 was 6,00,01,329, including 3,03,49,118 women, 2,96,46,287 men and 5,924 transgenders.

The number has increased over the time, as the electorate was over 5.98 crore before the 2019 general elections.

The figures also show that the number of women voters are more than male voters. The women voters who have been outnumbering men for the past five years, sustained their increase this time too.

In the beginning of 2011, the number of men and women voters stood at 2,38,07,959 and 2,35,49,384 respectively leaving a gap of 2.58 lakh between them. In November 2011, the gap between the men and women voters had slightly come down to 2.42 lakh.

While the end of 2012 saw the gapbetween the both genders coming down to 2.32 lakh, in January, 2013, the difference came down further to just 1.45 lakh.

The development comes after the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state, Satyabrata Sahoo, recently convened a zonal level training programme for election officials from 12 districts to set up ‘electoral literacy clubs’ at all the schools to sensitize them on election process.

The clubs were set up at 7,809 high schools and 5,796 higher secondary schools and also in colleges across the state with the aim to 100% voting in elections.