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Mizoram village voters up by 9.78 %

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AIZAWL:The latest revision of electoral roll for village council elections in Mizoram, excluding the three autonomous district councils, has witnessed a 9.78 per cent increase with Mamit district recording the highest increase at a whooping 18.02 per cent.

The final roll published on Tuesday has registered in all 36,197 new voters, bringing the total number to 4,06,057 compared to 3,69,836 in the last village council elections in 2009.Of the 4,06,057 voters, 2,03,775 were female who outnumbered their male counterparts by 1493 voters.While Mamit district recorded the highest increase of voters, apparently due to the repatriation of Bru refugees from Tripura, Kolasib district which also housed some repatriated Brus, saw the lowest increase at 6.43 per cent.Lunglei district bordering Bangladesh saw an 11.12 per cent increase in voters, followed by Serchhip district at 8.85 per cent, Aizawl district at 8.08 per cent and Champhai district at 7.77 per cent. (UNI)

 

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