The District Election Officer and Corporation Commissioner D. Karthikeyan released the draft electoral roll. According to the draft electoral roll39.87 lakh electors have been enrolled in 3,768 polling booths in the 16 Assembly constituencies in Chennai.
As many as 19.72 lakh men, 20.13 lakh women and 950 others are on the electoral roll. The number of electors on the draft electoral rolls published last year in Chennai district was 38.28 lakh.
The district election office has requested residents to enroll their names in the rolls from September 1 to 30. A special camp will be held on September 11 and 25 in all polling booths for distribution and receipt of forms 6, 7 and 8.