Madhya Pradesh has about 50L elderly voters

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh is home to more than 50 lakh elderly voters (those above the age of 60 years) which include at about 4.8 lakh voters who are in the age group of 80 years or above. What is surprising is the fact that a large number of these elderly voters have found their names into the voter list for the first time, claim the officials of the chief electoral officers'' office.

As per the Census 2011 figures, the population of the state was around 7.26 crore and projected population in 2013 was to be about 7.53 crore. Of this about 4.6 crore people will be the eligible voters.

Revised electoral rolls for the year 2013 throw light on the number of elderly voters.

Statistics provided by the office of the chief electoral officer, MP, states that 30.63 lakh voters are in the age bracket of 60-69, while 15.27 lakh are in the age bracket of 70-79 and about 4.8 lakh voters are 80 years or above in age.

Nodal officer in charge of revision of electoral rolls, at CEO''s office Pravas Jain said, "Now, we have enrolled almost all the voters. Nearly 85 lakh voters were added and 10 lakh names were deleted in 2012 which is an all time high".

Though exact number of such elderly voters who are enrolled for the first time in voters'' list is not known but a considerable number of such voters were included for the first time.