FINAL ELECTORAL ROLL OF J&K PUBLISHED WITH 772,000 NET RISE

SRINAGAR: The final electoral roll for Jammu & Kashmir was released on Friday with the net addition of around 800,000 names, completing an exercise experts consider the final step before assembly elections are announced in the Union territory.

The final electoral roll has a total of 8,359,771 electors — 4,291,687 men, 4,067,900 women, and 184 transgender people — joint chief electoral officer of Jammu & Kashmir, Anil Salgotra said.