Shillong, Jan 10: Women voters in Meghalaya were found to outnumber men in the final electoral rolls published on Wednesday by the state election department ahead of the assembly polls, an election official said.

Of the 18, 30,104 lakh voters registered in the state’s electoral rolls, Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Roy Kharkongor said, 90,6256 are men and 92,3848 women voters.

Altogether, a total 3, 27,595 new voters, besides 88412 first-timers between 18 and 19 years, were registered in the final electoral rolls which showed an increase of 21.8 per cent.

Kharkongor said no one in Meghalaya registered for the third gender in the electoral rolls despite Form 6 option was made available for them.

Following the final publication of the rolls, the election commission is expected to announce the dates for the conducting the elections to the 60-members Meghalaya assembly anytime this week.

The term of the ninth Meghalaya Assembly constituted on March 7, 2013 expiring on March 6, 2018,

Kharkongor said names of 8,276 persons were deleted from the electoral rolls and 6,645 applications were rejected

The number of polling stations has been increased from 2,485 in 2013 to 3,082 this year, an increase of about 24 per cent, he said.

Mawshynrut assembly constituency registered maximum inclusion with 2,123 new voters while West Shillong seat recorded just 316 voters.

Mawlai assembly constituency registered the maximum number of electors with 42, 780 electors while Dalu assembly seat has the minimum electors of 18,359 voters.

The State has requested the centre to sanction 107 companies of CAPF personnel to ensure smooth conduct of the upcoming assembly elections.

536 polling stations have been considered “vulnerable” as such polling booths might witness poll-related violence, including threats from militants, and 444 polling stations have been identified “critical” because there are chances of voters being forced to vote for a particular candidate, besides political rivalry.

Another 67 polling booths have been categorised both vulnerable and critical while the rest 2,025 polling stations were identified as normal.

Kharkongor said the security situation was still dynamic and it might change as the elections approach.

He said in some parts of East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills districts, there are polling stations that might come under militant threat.

He also said deployment of security personnel would be made based on state and district deployment plans which would be done in consultation with election observers deployed by the Election Commission.