AMBALA: As according to the ideas provided by way of the workplace of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Haryana, by way of April four, there were around 1.77 crore electors registered within the state of Haryana, of which 174 are transgenders (TG). The information has been bought after a Right To Information (RTI) software used to be filed by way of Ambala-based Punjab and Haryana High Court recommend Hemant Kumar on April 9.
In his RTI software, Hemant had enquired about overall choice of registered electors on the foundation of their gender in 90 Haryana state assembly constituencies. However, the ideas used to be provided on the foundation of 21 districts of Haryana.
District Faridabad tops the checklist with 25 TG electors, followed by way of Sonepat (24), Gurugram (19), Panipat (18), Panchkula (14), Mewat (11), Sirsa, Jind, Kaithal, and Ambala (7 each), Mahendragarh (5), Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Karnal, and Yamunanagar (four each); Bhiwani and Hisar (three each); Kurukshetra, Palwal, Rewari, and Rohtak (2 each).
Total choice of male and female electors registered in Haryana are 95.24 lakh and 82.52 lakh respectively.
Hemant mentioned, “The figures provided by way of CEO Haryana are till April four, whereas, as according to the tips of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the electorate could get themselves registered as much as ten days prior to the start of nomination process. In Haryana, new electorate have time till April 13, so the numbers would possibly move up somewhat.”
“In a release ECI had discussed that since 2012, the TG electors have been stored within the ‘others’ category. It used to be disclosed by way of ECI that there have been have been around 38.25 thousand TG electors within the country. After this, I checked the CEO Haryana website online to establish the choice of registered TG electorate in Haryana however no such data used to be available. Subsequently, I filed an RTI with CEO Haryana,” Hemant mentioned.
In his RTI software, Hemant had enquired about overall choice of registered electors on the foundation of their gender in 90 Haryana state assembly constituencies. However, the ideas used to be provided on the foundation of 21 districts of Haryana.
District Faridabad tops the checklist with 25 TG electors, followed by way of Sonepat (24), Gurugram (19), Panipat (18), Panchkula (14), Mewat (11), Sirsa, Jind, Kaithal, and Ambala (7 each), Mahendragarh (5), Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Karnal, and Yamunanagar (four each); Bhiwani and Hisar (three each); Kurukshetra, Palwal, Rewari, and Rohtak (2 each).
Total choice of male and female electors registered in Haryana are 95.24 lakh and 82.52 lakh respectively.
Hemant mentioned, “The figures provided by way of CEO Haryana are till April four, whereas, as according to the tips of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the electorate could get themselves registered as much as ten days prior to the start of nomination process. In Haryana, new electorate have time till April 13, so the numbers would possibly move up somewhat.”
“In a release ECI had discussed that since 2012, the TG electors have been stored within the ‘others’ category. It used to be disclosed by way of ECI that there have been have been around 38.25 thousand TG electors within the country. After this, I checked the CEO Haryana website online to establish the choice of registered TG electorate in Haryana however no such data used to be available. Subsequently, I filed an RTI with CEO Haryana,” Hemant mentioned.
Only 174 transgender voters registered in Haryana: RTI
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