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The 44 Assembly constituencies, reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), person seen a lesser autumn successful the size of the electorate than the wide simplification successful the full Tamil Nadu aft the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.
On an average, the names of astir 32,080 voters person been deleted from the rolls of each SC constituency, portion the State’s mean is astir 41,615 per constituency, according to the information gathered from the draught electoral rolls.
In all, 14,11,461 names person been removed from the rolls of the SC constituencies, accounting for astir 15% of the names deleted each implicit the State. As of October 27 (when the SIR started), the electorate successful the 44 constituencies was astir 1.12 crore. Now, it stands astatine astir 97.64 lakh. Egmore successful Chennai tops the database of constituencies successful presumption of implicit figures and the complaint of autumn (in percentage). As galore arsenic 74,858 names person been removed oregon astir 38% of the electors earlier the SIR. Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar (also successful Chennai), Gudiyatham, Avinashi, Sriperumpudur, and Dharapuram autumn successful the class of constituencies wherever implicit 50,000 names were dropped disconnected the rolls.
Poonamallee, Arakkonam, Nilakottai, and Vandavasi are the 4 constituencies wherever 40,000-odd names person been deleted. In 9 constituencies, including Bhavanisagar and Paramakudi, 30,000-odd names person been deleted. Of these 19 constituencies, 9 are successful the bluish districts.
The spot of Yercaud and Senthamangalam, which are earmarked for the Scheduled Tribes (STs), has gone down by astir 52,000 voters. At present, the 2 seats person astir 4.85 lakh electors.
The stock of SC constituencies successful the wide size of the electorate, earlier the SIR, was 17,43%. After the exercise, it has risen marginally to 17.96%. After adding the constituent of the ST seats, it stands astatine 18.85%.
