Chennai, April 8 -- A total of 6.36 lakh new voters were added following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, taking the total number of electorate in Tamil Nadu, which goes to polls on April 23, to 5.73 crore.
According to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the final electoral roll published on February 23 had 5.67 crore voters.
Following this, a special enrolment drive was conducted between February 23 and March 26, during which 6,36,911 eligible voters were additionally added.
Officials said the newly enrolled voters can check their names in the supplementary list, which will be released shortly.
Of the newly enrolled voters, 3.44 lakh are women and 2.91 lakh are men.
The ECI had provided an opportuni...