People waiting to vote outside a polling booth during the recently-concluded by-elections in West Bengal (file picture)
To be published on Nov 12, the list will be available both online and offline with elector’s names featured alongside their assembly constituency and part number, a senior official said.
“The draft role will be an amalgamation of the final electoral roll published on Feb 28 and the 18 supplementary lists of electors whose names were subsequently approved by judicial officers, three other supplementary lists and will include any subsequent names approved by appellate tribunals for inclusion,” the official said. Electoral registration officers will prepare the rolls, re-serialising entries and removing deleted names as well as bringing entries of family members residing in the same house together, the official said. Kolkata: Election Commission ’s annual special summary revision (SSR) of voter rolls will yield an integrated draft voter role with names of all electors on a single list. Names deleted from the voter rolls will not feature on the list.
38,20,683 appeals were filed against orders relating to the Special Intensive Revision of rolls, of which 1,02,231 appeals were disposed of, according to an affidavit filed by the EC before the Supreme Court last month. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolkata | Silver Rate in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata | Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Petrol Price in Kolkata | Diesel Price in Kolkata | CNG Price in Kolkata | LPG Price in Kolkata Stay updated with the latest Kolkata news.
The draft role will give a clear picture with names approved by the tribunal for inclusion, an EC official said. The affidavit does not provide a break-up of appeals filed by electors whose names were deleted and those challenging inclusion of certain names on the list. Download the TOI App.