The enthusiasm for voting, which hit a new high before the Lok Sabha elections, is showing no signs of waning. While the LS polls saw the addition of 40 lakh new voters during a special drive for the revision of electoral rolls, a similar drive conducted last month for the upcoming state assembly elections has added 19.75 lakh new voters.

The Election Commission had deputed a special team to supervise the revision of voters’ lists last month following complaints of deletion of names during Lok Sabha polling across the state. File pic