More than one lakh applications seeking inclusion in Delhi's electoral rolls have been disposed of since August 31, as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise enters its final phase ahead of the publication of the revised voter list on December 4, officials said on Wednesday.
According to election officials, a total of 4,56,913 Form 6 applications were received till October 20, including 2,12,400 submitted by August 30 and another 2,44,513 received between August 31 and October 20.
Form 6 is used by eligible citizens, including first-time voters and those whose names are missing from the electoral rolls, to apply for 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 information from all 70 Assembly segments had not yet been fully uploaded to the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer's website.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ.๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
The draft electoral rolls published on August 31 contained 97.53 lakh electors, compared with approximately 1.45 crore before the revision.
Around 47.5 lakh names were removed from the draft list and placed under the Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) categories.
Of these, approximately 43.3 lakh voters were classified as absent or permanently shifted, 2.82 lakh as deceased and 1.41 lakh as duplicate entries.
Election officials said the verification exercise had produced considerable variation across Assembly constituencies, reflecting differences in population movement and the availability of supporting records.
In Okhla, details could be verified for only 54.6 per cent of existing electors, while R K Puram and Kasturba Nagar recorded verification rates of 44.5 per cent and 44 per cent, respectively.
Officials suggested that higher migration could be among the reasons for the relatively low verification rate in Okhla.
In comparison, Seelampur recorded verification of 76.6 per cent of electors, while Rohini, Shakur Basti and Mangolpuri reported rates of 83 per cent, 81 per cent and 78 per cent, respectively.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐-๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐
Among constituencies for which figures were available, approximately 2,000 Form 6 applications had been disposed of each in Okhla, Kasturba Nagar and Jangpura.
Tughlaqabad, Matia Mahal and R K Puram recorded around 1,500 disposals each, while Kalkaji reported approximately 1,000 and Babarpur 260.
Officials said the immediate priority was to resolve 33.12 lakh notices issued to electors whose records had been flagged for non-mapping with the 2002 electoral rolls or for logical discrepancies, including inconsistencies in personal details.
The election authorities had earlier stated that more than 80 per cent of these cases had been resolved.
Booth-level officers (BLOs) are conducting household visits to collect supporting documents from voters whose records require additional verification.
๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Election officials said special camps were being organised to encourage eligible residents to submit applications before October 30.
"We are holding special camps, and EROs are meeting BLOs. We want more and more people to file applications by October 30. From October 31 to November 30, we will focus solely on disposal of applications," an official said.
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer last week also directed officials to reverify the 47.5 lakh names excluded from the draft rolls under the ASDD categories through door-to-door visits.
The move is aimed at ensuring that eligible electors are not inadvertently left out of the revised voter list.
Officials clarified that applicants whose Form 6 requests are rejected after October 30 would not necessarily lose the opportunity to register as voters.
Eligible citizens whose names remain absent from the rolls can subsequently seek inclusion through the continuous updation process by submitting Form 6 to the concerned Electoral Registration Officer, in accordance with Election Commission guidelines.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ณ, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Apart from applications for new enrolment, the election authorities received 14,911 Form 7 applications between August 31 and October 20, taking the cumulative total to 66,382 since the exercise began.
Form 7 is used to seek deletion of names from electoral rolls.
During the same period, 93,036 Form 8 applications were received for corrections and other permitted changes to electoral entries, taking the overall number to 3,53,804.
Officials said the remaining weeks would be devoted to completing verification, disposing of pending applications and addressing discrepancies before the final electoral rolls are published on December 4.