96.8 Crore Voters Eligible To Vote In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Saturday announced that a total of 96.8 crore voters will be eligible to cast their vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

At a press conference to announce the dates of Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls to four states, the CEC said there will be 10.5 lakh polling stations and 1.5 crore polling officials and security staff will be deployed to conduct the elections in the world's largest democracy.

"We are committed to give the nation a truly festive, democratic environment. The term of the 17th Lok Sabha is due to expire on 16th June 2024. The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim are also due to expire in June 2024. Elections are due in Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

Kumar claimed that approximately 49.7 crore voters are male and 47.1 crore voters are female.

"We have 1.8 crore first-time voters and 19.47 crore voters between the age group of 20-29 years," he said, adding that 88.4 lakh voters are of PwD category, 2.18 lakhs are centenarians and 48,000 are transgenders.

The general elections will be held in seven phases beginning from April 19 and the counting of votes will take place on June 4.

The other phases will be on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said.

In addition to this, the EC is prepared to conduct bypolls for 26 seats across the states and assembly polls in four states.