Aadhaar info of 2.64 crore Tamil Nadu voters in poll database: EC

CHENNAI: Details of Aadhaar cards of 2.64 crore voters out of the total 5.62 crore electors in Tamil Nadu has been successfully seeded in the electoral database, State Chief Electoral Officer Sandeep Saxena said here today.

Due to the "co-operation of the electors and the quality work of Electoral Officers, out of the total 5.62 crore electors in Tamil Nadu, so far details of Aadhaar of 2.64 crore electors have been successfully seeded in the electoral database," he said in an official release here.

Stating that one more opportunity is now available for voters who have not submitted their Aadhar information to link it with the electoral rolls, he said booth level officers would visit such voters soon.

"An appeal is made to all the electors to co-operate and furnish Aadhaar number to electoral officials, if the electors have not furnished the details so far," he said.

"By linking the Aadhaar Number, many facilities would be rolled out for the benefit of the electors relating to maintenance of their entries in the Electoral rolls," he added.