Voter lists were put up at 64 thousand 100 polling booths on Thursday in the presence of BLOs. The process of name addition-removal or amendment will go on continuously in the state.
Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said that between November 9 and December 8 in Madhya Pradesh, action was taken for brief revision of voters. During this, BLOs were present at 64 thousand 100 polling stations. With their help, Form-6 (Addition of Name), Form-7 (Deletion of Name) and Form-8 (Amendment) applications were taken.
The number of voters in Madhya Pradesh has increased to 5 crore 39 lakh 85 thousand 876. In one month's voter list updation, 13 lakh 39 thousand new voters have increased. There are more women voters among them. More than 75 thousand names of women are associated with it as compared to men.
There are 11 lakh 81 thousand 747 voters in the age group of 18-19, who will vote for the first time in the coming elections. At the same time, the number of voters aged 80 or above has crossed 7 lakh 40 thousand.
A total of 19 lakh 31 thousand 205 Form-6 applications were received for adding names.
Out of these, 18 lakh 82 thousand 701 applications were approved. 6 lakh 12 thousand applications of Form-7 were received. Out of which 5 lakh 68 thousand applications were approved, i.e. so many names were removed. Similarly, 6 lakh 90 thousand 991 applications of Form-8 came and 6 lakh 53 thousand 717 were approved.
In this way a total of 32 lakh 34 thousand 258 forms were received, out of which 31 lakh 5 thousand 40 applications were approved.
A total of 18 lakh 82 thousand 701 names have been added in the state, while 5 lakh 68 thousand names have been deleted. In this way 13 lakh 39 thousand names have increased. Before November the number was 5 crore 26 lakh, which has now increased to 5 crore 37 lakh 85 thousand 876.