ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: Arunachal Pradesh' final electoral roll was published on Tuesday with 6.96 lakh voters, a reduction of 1.91 lakh from the pre-SIR count.

The final list includes 3,43,709 men, 3,52,315 women and two third-gender electors.

Officials at the election office here said 43.61 percent of registered voters on the electoral roll possess a physical or digital voter ID card, while the gender ratio is 1,025 women per 1,000 men.

The special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state began on 5 June, and the draft list was published on 21 July with 7,18,046 electors. Of these, 6,32,871 were mapped as self or progeny, while 85,175 were unmapped.

Notices were issued to those unmapped and another 1,33,413 electors with logical discrepancies for verification. In all, 2,18,588 notices were issued during the notice phase, officials said.

The authorities subsequently conducted hearings and verified documents submitted by electors and undertakings furnished by booth-level officers.

During the claims and objections period from 21 July to 20 August, as many as 18,598 forms were received. A total of 8,803 electors were added and 1,924 deleted from the draft roll.

The final electoral roll shows that the number of electors has come down from 8,87,505 to 6,96,026, a reduction of 1,91,479 voters.

Aggrieved electors can file an appeal before the district magistrate within 15 days of final roll publication. A second appeal can be filed before the chief electoral officer within 30 days of the district magistrate's order.

The final electoral roll for service voters was also published on Tuesday, with 5,552 service electors enrolled in the state.

DIPROs add: Following the publication of the final electoral roll, Lower Dibang Valley district has recorded a total of 20,572 electors - 10,068 males and 10, 504 females - across its two Assembly constituencies: Dambuk and Roing.

While Dambuk has a total of 12,374 electors - 6,081 males and 6,293 females - Roing has 8,198 electors- 3,987 males and 4,211 females.

The draft electoral roll had recorded a total of 21,222 electors.

In West Siang, the total number of electors across the three constituencies - Liromoba, Aalo West and Aalo East - stands at 35,838, including 17,757 males and 18,081 females. The gender ratio is 1,018 female electors per 1,000 male electors. The district has 43 PwD electors - 21 males and 22 females -while 68 electors are in the 18-19 age group. It has recorded 341 electors in the 85+ and 100+ age categories.

In Tawang district, the final electoral roll contains 25,519 electors across the three Assembly constituencies - Lumla (9,336), Tawang (8,900), and Mukto (7,283). The district had 28,535 electors prior to the SIR and 25,512 in the draft electoral roll.

In Upper Siang, Tuting-Yingkiong  has a total of 10,735 electors, comprising 5,296 male and 5,439 female electors, and Geku-Mariyang  has a total of 11,567 electors, comprising 5,843 male and 5,724 female electors.

Pakke-Kessang constituency has a total of 7,492 electors - 3,673 males and 3,818 females. The constituency has recorded an addition of 168 from the draft electoral roll. The gender ratio is 1,040 female electors per 1,000 male electors and the total number of electors in the 18-19 age group is 78.

Tirap district has a total of 33,835 electors across its four constituencies - Khonsa East, Khonsa West, Borduria-Bogapani, and Namsang - comprising 16,999 male and 16,836 female electors, with an EP ratio of 55.28 and an improved gender ratio of 990.94. This reflects a net decrease of 342 electors compared to the draft roll. (With PTI input)