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Overseas Indian voters showed great enthusiasm in registering as voters but less enthusiasm in voting.
According to data released by the Election Commission, 1.2 lakh NRI voters registered their names in the electoral rolls, but very few NRI voters exercised their franchise in the current year’s elections.
According to Election Commission data, 1,19,374 people registered as NRI voters in 2024. In which maximum number of 89,839 people registered in Kerala.
Only 2958 Indians came to India from abroad to vote in this year’s Lok Sabha elections. Out of which 2670 voters were from Kerala. Not a single NRI voter came to vote in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Of the 885 NRI voters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hometown Gujarat, only two came to India from abroad to vote. Out of 5097 NRI voters in Maharashtra, only 17 voters came to India to vote.
The registration of overseas Indian voters was 19,500 more than in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However, his turnout in the current year’s Lok Sabha elections remained low.