India now has 99.1 crore voters: Election Commission

In a statement issued ahead of the National Voters' Day, the EC on Wednesday said electoral rolls bear a youthful and gender-balanced look with 21.7 crore electors in the 18-29 age group and a six-point increase in electoral gender ratio from 948 in 2024 to 954 in 2025.

New Delhi: The number of voters in India now stands at 99.1 crore, up from 96.88 crore when the Lok Sabha elections were held last year, according to Election Commission (EC) numbers.

The National Voters' Day is celebrated on January 25 every year to mark the foundation day of the EC, which was established on that day in 1950.

While announcing the Delhi assembly poll schedule on January 7, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar had said India would soon create a new record of one billion-plus voters.

"Electoral rolls were released yesterday (January 6). We are crossing 99 crore voters... We are going to be a nation of one billion voters very soon, which will be another record in voting," he had said.

"After the declaration of SSR (special summary revision) by Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Punjab, which will be declaring SSR results today, we will be crossing 99 crore voters for the first time," the CEC had said, adding, "The number of women voters is also going to be around 48 crore."