Delhi SIR Form 6 applications for voter enrolment cross 5.15 lakh since revision began

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) The number of applications for fresh enrolment in Delhi's voter list has crossed 5.15 lakh since the beginning of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with over 3.02 lakh applications received after the publication of the draft roll on August 31, according to official data.

     A total of 3,02,694 Form 6 applications, used by voters to seek inclusion in the electoral roll, were received between August 31 and November 10, taking the cumulative number to 5,15,094, data showed.

     The Delhi election authorities are set to begin distributing fresh enumeration forms to nearly 47.5 lakh electors excluded from the draft roll by the end of this week as part of a re-verification exercise to facilitate their inclusion in the final electoral roll, officials said.

     The draft electoral roll, published on August 31, contained around 97.5 lakh electors, against nearly 1.45 crore at the beginning of the revision exercise. Around 47.5 lakh names, accounting for nearly 32.8 per cent of the electorate, were excluded after enumeration forms could not be collected from them during the initial house-to-house exercise.

     These voters were categorised as Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD).

     The fresh distribution of enumeration forms is separate from the verification of nearly 33.1 lakh voters who were issued notices over logical discrepancies or lack of mapping with the 2002 electoral roll. These voters were included in the draft roll but were asked to establish their eligibility through supporting documents.

     The Election Commission has extended the deadline for filing claims and objections from October 31 to November 25.

     The disposal of claims and objections is scheduled to be completed by December 15, while the final electoral roll is slated to be published on December 22.

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