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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Age Cohort 18-29 Years

In the youngest age group of electors, between 18 to 29 years, it is observed
that Kerala has the lowest percentage of electors, whereas Dadra & Nagar
Haveli and Daman & Diu has the highest. The following table shows the
percent of such electors in this category (in decreasing order).

T7.1 Share (%) of Electors in Age cohort 18 - 29 Years [20th May, 2024]
State/ UT Electors in %
DNH and D&D 38.80
Meghalaya 36.01

Arunachal Pradesh 34.12

Mizoram 31.19
Assam 29.95
Jharkhand 28.38

Jammu and Kashmir 27.89
Rajasthan 27.78

Madhya Pradesh 27.18
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Sikkim 26.36
Chhattisgarh 26.12 State/ UT Electors in %

Lakshadweep 25.28 Telangana 22.97
Ladakh 25.19 Bihar 22.80

Tripura 24.13 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 22.54
West Bengal 24.07 Nagaland 22.39
Manipur 23.74 Chandigarh 22.23

Odisha 23.60 Haryana 22.20
Gujarat 23.32 Uttarakhand 22.18

Himachal Pradesh 21.91
Puducherry 21.62
Punjab 21.44
Uttar Pradesh 21.19

Karnataka 21.00
Andhra Pradesh 20.34

Maharashtra 19.82
Goa 19.60
Tamil Nadu 19.43

NCT of Delhi 18.89
Kerala 18.04
All India 22.78

Fact

l Between 18-29 years, the total percentage of electors across India
was 22.78%
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