Meghalaya has 18,92,716 voters with women outnumbering men

Meghalaya has 18,92,716 voters with women outnumbering men as per the final electoral roll published on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer, Frederick Roy Kharkongor said.

The number of women voters in Meghalaya was 9,56,137 while men was 9,36,579, he said, adding that 46,091 new voters were enrolled in the final electoral roll.

Stating that Meghalaya always have a healthy gender ratio in term of women electorate vis--vis men, Kharkongor said, "Our gender ratio is 1021 for every 1000 men, which is healthier than the 2011 Census which is at 989."

He said in term of female participation and enrolment, the state has always been of the "best in the country".

"As we go into the parliamentary polls, we will have a final published roll of 18,92,716 voters," the CEO said while speaking at the state level function for the final publication of electoral rolls.

He said earlier the total number of voters was 18,46,625 when the draft electoral roll was published in September last year.