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Pune district, however, will buck the trend, recording a net increase of seven polling stations across its 21 assembly constituencies. 38 new polling stations have been proposed in constituencies where the number of electors per booth exceeded the prescribed limit, according to district-wise rationalisation data. The district currently has 8,417 polling stations.
The reorganisation comes ahead of the publication of the draft electoral roll under Special Intensive Revision (SIR), during which enumeration forms of 2.07 crore voters across Maharashtra could not be collected. Several constituencies will remain unchanged, including Junnar (356 polling stations), Purandar (413), Maval (402), Kothrud (387), Parvati (344) and Hadapsar (525). Voters whose names are missing from the draft roll can submit claims and objections and, if eligible, apply for inclusion through Form 6. The final electoral roll is scheduled for publication on November 4,” an official said.
Election officials said many of these electors have been categorised as absent, shifted, deceased, duplicate and others (ASDDO) and may not feature in the draft roll. “The rationalisation exercise aims to ensure polling stations with excessive voter loads are brought within prescribed norms, while booths with very low elector numbers are merged wherever feasible,” an election official said. Officials clarified that inclusion in the ASDDO list did not automatically result in deletion from the electoral roll.
“The list comprises electors who appeared in earlier rolls but do not figure in the SIR draft roll.