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Kerala has 2,71,42,952 voters for the April 9 State Assembly elections. More names had been added to the electoral rotation aft it underwent a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) which concluded successful February.
The fig includes 1,39,21,868 women, 1,32,20,811 men and 273 3rd sex voters, said Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar astatine a property league present connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026).
It besides includes 2,42,093 overseas electors and 53,984 work voters.
The fig of electors has risen by a small implicit 1.89 lakh from the post-SIR elector numbers successful Kerala. Prior to the SIR, Kerala had a small implicit 2.78 crore voters (as connected October 27, 2025). The draught voters’ database published connected December 23, 2025 had 2.54 crore voters. After the SIR, the fig had risen to 2.69 crore voters.
Mr. Kelkar said the Election Commission of India (ECI) is targeting a elector turnout of supra 85% this time. He requested each voters to workout their franchise.
Election officials person designated 2,040 polling stations successful Kerala for the upcoming elections arsenic ‘critical.’ In further to the information arrangements involving the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and IT-based systems, the District Collectors tin also, if needed, deploy micro-observers. Kerala has 30,471 polling stations astatine present.
145 CAPF companies for Kerala
The EC has sanctioned 145 CAPF companies for Kerala arsenic portion of the information arrangements for the elections. A archetypal batch of 30 companies has already arrived successful Kerala.
Mr. Kelkar said his bureau volition initiate the process of printing the ballots erstwhile the database of candidates gets finalised aft the deadline for withdrawing the nominations ends connected March 26.
Arrangements are besides being made to guarantee that postal ballots, which includes location voting for voters supra 85 years, are conducted successful a transparent manner, helium added.
