India’s Voter Count Reaches 99.1 Crore, Says Election Commission

​​​​​​​In a statement issued ahead of National Voters' Day, the EC said the electoral rolls bear a youthful and gender-balanced look with 21.7 crore young electors in the 18-29 age group and a six-point increase in electoral gender ratio from 948 in 2024 to 954 in 2025.

The number of voters in India has increased to 99.1 crore, which was 96.88 crore when the Lok Sabha elections were held last year, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.

In a statement issued ahead of National Voters' Day, the EC said the electoral rolls bear a youthful and gender-balanced look with 21.7 crore young electors in the 18-29 age group and a six-point increase in electoral gender ratio from 948 in 2024 to 954 in 2025.

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National Voters' Day is being celebrated on January 25 every year to mark the foundation day of the EC, which was established on this day in 1950.

While addressing a press conference here on January 7 while announcing the Delhi assembly poll schedule, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said India would soon create a new record of one billion-plus voters.

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"Electoral rolls were released yesterday (January 6). We are crossing 99 crore voters. We are going to be a nation of one billion voters very soon, which will be another record in voting," he said.

"After the declaration of SSR (special summary revision) by Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Punjab, which will be declaring SSR results today, we will be crossing 99 crore voters for the first time," the CEC said, adding, "The number of women voters is also going to be around 48 crore."

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