Kerala Tops in NRI Enrollment for LS Election

12 March
Kerala

Indian Lok Sabha Election are on the way and its for the first time that Non Residential Indians will be involved in voting process of India. About 12,00 NRI have registered for voting for the upcoming polls.

Kerala tops the chart with about 11,488 enrollments while Tamil Nadu has shown less interest, with only 112 NRIs enrolling the name and Punjab stood close to latter state with registration anywhere around 138.

According to the election commission’s norm, an NRI is eligible to cast the vote if he/she does not hold the citizenship of any other country. And the constituency to franchise the vote for an NRI, will be the place of residence in India as denoted on the passport.

Larger state seems to have less political conscious citizens compared To the smaller ones. Whooping 11,488 registration from Kerala also testify this fact. At least 56 citizens from Puducherry who are living in France have enrolled themselves, while 27 voters from Goa are on the rolls. New Delhi and Maharashtra have 13 NRI voters each, while the rest of the states have just one each.

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