The revision of Delhi’s voter lists attracted more than 2.18 lakh forms for inclusion
The claims and objections period began on August 31 and will continue until September 30. Voters can use Form-6 to seek inclusion of their names, Form-7 to raise objections and seek removal of names, and Form-8 to seek changes in their registered address. Voters also submitted 2,63,801 Form-8 applications seeking changes in their registered addresses. The draft electoral roll published after the SIR exercise excluded around 47.5 lakh voters from the existing electorate of 1.45 crore across Delhi’s 70 assembly constituencies. More than 33 lakh voters whose names appear in the draft roll are likely to receive notices from the poll body, officials said. Poll officials said notices would be issued where voters’ details could not be linked to the 2002 Delhi SIR or where discrepancies were detected in personal details recorded in the enumeration forms.
The voters excluded from the draft roll have been categorised under Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) and other categories. Election officials have also started issuing notices to voters whose details appeared in the draft roll with mismatches or anomalies in personal information submitted during the enumeration exercise.