New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- More than 1 lakh of the 4.56 lakh Form 6 applications seeking inclusion in Delhi's electoral rolls have been disposed of since August 31, when the draft rolls were published, as the exercise to verify and update voter lists under SIR is nearing its final phase, according to officials.
A total of 4,56,913 Form 6 applications were received till October 20, including 2,12,400 by August 30 and another 2,44,513 between August 31 and October 20, officials said. Form 6 is used by eligible citizens, including first-time voters and those whose names are missing from the electoral rolls, to seek enrolment.
"Around 1.15 lakh applications were disposed of between August 31 and October 20," an official said, adding that the figures were provisional as constituency-wise data for all 70 Assembly segments was yet to be uploaded and updated on the website of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).
The draft rolls published on August 31 listed 97.53 lakh electors, down from 1.45 crore before the revision, after around 47.5 lakh names were removed and placed under the Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) categories.
Of these, around 43.3 lakh were marked absent or permanently shifted, 2.82 lakh as deceased, and 1.41 lakh as duplicate voters. The extent of verification has varied across constituencies. In Okhla, details could be verified for only 54.6 per cent of existing electors, while the proportion was 44.5 per cent in R K Puram and 44 per cent in Kasturba Nagar. Officials said over 80 per cent of 33.12 lakh flagged voter records had been resolved. BLOs will reverify 47.5 lakh deleted names.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.