Chandigarh, Nov. 21 -- The draft publication of the photo electoral roll in connection with the Special Summary Revision with reference to January 1, 2021 as the qualifying date was published on November 16, 2020 in all assembly constituencies of the State of Punjab by their respective Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). The process of filing claims and objections has begun from November 16 and it will continue up to December 15.

According to the draft electoral roll, there are a total 20680347 electors in the electoral roll and out of which, 10898294 are males and 9781488 females and 565 are third gender. The gender ratio of the State as per the census -2011 is 908 whereas the roll shows a gender ratio of 896. There are 1656 NRIs en...