Coimbatore district has 27.68 lakh voters; final roll to be published on January 4

District Election Officer and District Collector Thiru. Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar, I.A.S., released the integrated draft electoral roll for the Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls – 2027 in Coimbatore district on Thursday, in the presence of representatives of all recognised political parties.
As per the Election Commission of India’s instructions, the revision is being undertaken with January 1, 2027, as the qualifying date.
Following the restructuring of polling stations with more than 1,200 voters, the number of polling stations in the district has been reduced from 3,563 to 3,544, with the approval of the Election Commission.
According to the draft electoral roll released on November 12, Coimbatore district has a total of 27,68,820 voters, comprising 13,33,590 men, 14,34,688 women and 542 third-gender voters. The district had 27,44,472 voters in the electoral roll published on April 6, 2026. Among the Assembly constituencies, Kavundampalayam has the highest number of voters at 4,27,042, while Valparai has 1,74,492 voters.
The draft electoral roll has been made available for public inspection at all polling station locations and the respective Electoral Registration Offices.
The revision process will continue from November 12 to December 11, 2026. Eligible citizens can apply for new enrolment, deletion of names, corrections, change of address and other modifications using Forms 6, 6A, 6B, 7 and 8.
Special camps will be conducted at 1,067 polling station centres on November 21, 22 and 29, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications can also be submitted through the Election Commission’s voter services portal and the Voters Helpline and ECINET mobile applications.
Applications received during the revision period will be scrutinised and incorporated into the final electoral roll scheduled to be published on January 4, 2027.
District Collector Thiru. Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar urged first-time voters aged 18 and above and the general public to utilise the opportunity to ensure their names and details are correctly reflected in the electoral roll.
District Collector’s Personal Assistant (Election) Maheshwari, Tahsildars Thanigaivel and Deepa, Electoral Registration Officers and representatives of recognised political parties participated in the meeting.
Earlier, the Collector conducted a monthly inspection of the security arrangements at the Electronic Voting Machine warehouse near the South Tahsildar Office.