SHILLONG: The total number of voters has touched 18 lakh with a series of awareness campaigns initiated by the Election Department.
Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Kharkongor said while till September 27 this year, the number of registered voters was 17,68,000, another 32,000 were added till December 19.
As per the September data, female voters (8.93 lakh) are more than their male counterparts (8.75 lakh) and in percentage it is 50.52 and 49.48, respectively.