New Delhi: Nearly one-third of Delhi’s registered electors have been excluded from the draft electoral roll released on Monday following the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Of the capital’s 1.45 crore registered voters, around 47.7 lakh do not figure in the draft list.
The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on November 4, while voters whose names are missing from the draft list have been given an opportunity to seek inclusion. Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ashok Kumar said such voters can file claims using Form 6, along with the required supporting documents, by September 30.
The Election Commission has also advised voters to check their names in the draft electoral roll through its voter services portal. The claims and objections process will continue after the publication of the draft, with the examination, issuance of notices and disposal of claims scheduled to continue until October 29.
According to officials, Delhi recorded the highest percentage of exclusions at the draft stage among the states and Union Territories where the SIR exercise has been conducted. Approximately 33 per cent of the capital’s electors were excluded from the draft roll.
Officials attributed the large number of exclusions partly to Delhi’s sizeable floating population. The capital attracts people from across the country who frequently relocate for employment, education and other purposes, making voter-list verification particularly challenging.
The SIR exercise involved house-to-house enumeration. It began on June 30 and concluded on August 17. During the exercise, enumeration forms corresponding to approximately 97.5 lakh electors were received and digitised, accounting for around 67.18 per cent of Delhi’s 1,45,10,299 registered electors.
The remaining 47.7 lakh electors were classified under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO) categories and consequently did not appear in the draft roll.
The rate of digitisation also varied considerably across Delhi’s 70 Assembly constituencies. Rohini recorded the highest rate at 83.43 per cent, while Tughlakabad reported the lowest at 52.15 per cent.
The exclusion from the draft roll does not prevent eligible voters from being included in the final electoral roll. Those whose enumeration forms were not received can participate in the claims and objections process and submit the necessary documents for verification before the final list is published.
