Delhi SIR: 20 Lakh Voter Cases Resolved, 13 Lakh Still Pending, Says Poll Body
Election officials in Delhi have resolved about 20 lakh of the 33 lakh cases in which voters were issued notices under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, according to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Delhi.
The notices were issued to voters for what officials describe as logical discrepancies in name, age or other personal details, or because they could not be mapped to the 2002 electoral rolls.
"We had started a proactive campaign to resolve these issues," the CEO office said in a statement, adding that around 20 lakh cases out of 33 lakh had been settled so far. That leaves roughly 13 lakh cases still pending.
Officials said any voter with a grievance can contact the election machinery directly. Delhi has 14,947 booth-level officers (BLOs), 902 assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), 70 electoral registration officers (EROs), 13 district election officers (DEOs) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, the statement said.
The CEO office said the Delhi CEO and the Election Commission of India (ECI) are committed to ensuring that no eligible voter is left out of the electoral roll.
Special camps are being organised where BLOs assist voters in person. Camps to handle SIR cases will be held on October 18 and October 25.
The office also assured that all eligible electors who submit Form-6 along with the requisite documents will be included in Delhi's electoral rolls.
Since the publication of the electoral rolls for the 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi on August 31, a total of 2,17,391 persons have filed Form-6 to register as voters.
According to the figures released earlier, more than 47 lakh voters out of a total of 1.45 crore were removed from the draft rolls. The deletions were attributed to logical discrepancies related to name, age or other details, and to voters not furnishing details linked to the 2002 electoral rolls.
The claims and objections phase of the SIR exercise will continue till October 30. Claims and objections received will be disposed of by November 30, and the final voters list is scheduled to be published on December 4.
The revision exercise has been the subject of political debate in Delhi. Opposition parties have argued that eligible voters, particularly from poorer and minority communities, risk being removed from the rolls, while the ECI has maintained that the exercise is aimed at removing duplicate, shifted and deceased entries and that no genuine voter will be excluded. Voters who receive notices are advised to respond with the documents sought, and those who find themselves missing from the rolls can apply afresh through Form-6.
