NEW DELHI: In a month, the Election Office has received over 2.25 lakh forms for adding names, correcting voter details and deletions in the electoral list Summary review exercisesDelhi Chief Electoral Officer Alice Vaz said on Thursday.
Today is the last day for the special summary revision exercise and eligible persons who are not yet registered as voters in the city can apply online or offline to have their names added to the electoral roll.
If you are mobile within the city or if your name or address is inconsistent in the voter list, you can also fill in the relevant form to apply.
The final electoral roll will be published on January 6, 2025. election commission of india The date can be announced after the final electoral roll is released.
Before the summary revision work begins on October 29, Delhi released a draft electoral roll with nearly 1.54 billion registered voters.
Vaz said the process of receiving forms will continue after this date as part of an ongoing update process to ensure maximum participation and accuracy of the electoral roll.
A healthy, clean electoral roll is important to ensure that only eligible voters exercise their rights on polling day and that there are no false votes. In order to achieve the goal of a clean and healthy electoral roll, the Election Commission conducts a special summary revision every year.
Watts said that as part of the pre-revision activities, door to door verification It was conducted by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from August 20, 2024, when they visited every household in the capital to identify eligible voters who are not yet registered and potential voters who will turn 18 by October 1, 2025 Voters, and entries that need to be deleted, such as those of deceased or permanently transferred voters.
Multiple entries and family splits were also found. Vaz said that during the extensive verification exercise, the BLO collected approximately 162,000 forms to address additions, deletions and corrections to the electoral rolls.
She also revealed that rationalization of polling stations is another key pre-revision exercise. As per ECI guidelines, this process is aimed at decongesting polling locations with a higher number of polling stations.
“Total 53 Polling place Polling stations were removed due to damage or demolition of buildings, while 123 new polling stations were added. This resulted in a net increase of 70 polling booth locations, ensuring better accessibility and convenience to voters across Delhi.
