44% Youth to dominate Goa Assembly election

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05 Jan 2017 08:36 PM

Perhaps for the first time in Goa, this Assembly election would be dominated by the Youth.



Nearly half of the voter is young, between the age group of 18 to 40 years.

Comparatively, the old voters above 60 years are hardly 20 per cent.

It means, the future of the candidates would be decided by the young minds, and not the oldies.

The Election Office on Thursday released the fresh electoral roll after conducting summary revisions repeatedly.

The age group break-up provided by the election office shows that the youth would decide this time who is going to be their MLA.

The total number of voters are 11 lakh. Out of this, 4.72 lakh voters are between the age group of 18 to 39. Almost 44 per cent.

If they come to the polling booth in full strength, they have a capacity to change the picture drastically.

The voter between the age group of 40 to 59 is also not less. It is 4.25 lakh. Means 40 per cent.

But less than the youth. And the eldest are hardly 2 lakh. Or 20 per cent.

AGE GROUP BREAK-UP OF VOTERS

Age Group

Voters

Voter %

18-39

472420

44%

40-59

425862

40%

60-80+

210179

20%

Total

1108461

 

 

And which is the largest number of age group between the youth? It’s between 30 to 40 years. Means who has passed out from college and has started working or earning.

Look at this break up. The first-time  voters are hardly 3 per cent. Or merely 31 thousand from among 11 lakhs.

Comparatively, the youngsters of 20 to 30 years are nearly 2 lakhs. But still 18 per cent.

But the real big chunk is the matured youth of 30 to 40 years of age. Almost two and a half lakhs. 23 per cent of the total voters.

The candidates have a real challenge to convince these voters, who are today exposed to the whole world through internet and social media.

BREAK-UP OF YOUNG VOTERS

Age Group

Voters

Voter %

18-19

31287

3%

20-29

191469

18%

30-39

249664

23%

Total

475420

 

Desk: Bureau



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