T.N. clocks highest increase in voters in five years from 2009 to 2014

Tamil Nadu has achieved the highest rate of increase in the number of electors in the country in the past five years.

The State’s electorate has grown by 29.15 per cent. In 2009, it was 4.16 crore. 

As per the electoral data released early this year, the total number went up to around 5.37 crore. (In fact, after the latest round of inclusion of eligible electors, the strength has risen by 12.90 lakh, taking the tally to 5, 50,42,876). 

Tamil Nadu’s rate of growth is more than double that of the country. The rate is 13.61 per cent nationwide. Between 2009 and 2014, the country’s electorate went up from 71.7 crore to nearly 81.5 crore.

 In absolute numbers, Tamil Nadu’s strength of electors has grown by 1,21,32,222 crore, next only to the highest of 1,83,44,923 recorded by Uttar Pradesh