Meghalaya’s draft electoral roll declines by 180,402 after SIR
The draft roll now lists 2.21 crore voters after verification removed 43,61,987 names under the Special Intensive Revision, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Election Commission published Jharkhand's draft electoral rolls, excluding over 43 lakh names following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision enumeration phase.
- The SIR exercise, conducted from June 30 through July 29, sought to update and verify electoral rolls covering Jharkhand's 2.64 crore registered voters through field verification.
- Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar reported 43,61,987 electors excluded under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, or Duplicate category; around 1.16 lakh voters refused to sign enumeration forms.
- Election officials clarified that the draft roll is not final; eligible citizens whose names were omitted can apply for inclusion by submitting Form-6 during the claims and objections period.
- Citizens have until September 4 to file claims and objections, providing a statutory window to verify their status and seek corrections if their names were wrongly proposed for deletion.
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Over 43 lakh names deleted from Jharkhand voter list after SIR: What does EC's draft roll show
The names of over 43 lakh people have been removed from the voter list after the Election Commission on Wednesday (August 5) published the draft electoral rolls in Jharkhand following the completion of the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar said that the state had 2.64 crore registered voters before the commencement of the SIR enumeration exercise. 2.21 crore voters in …
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