In a recently concluded roll revision exercise, the Almora district election office claims to have removed the names of as many as 1,711 voters from the photo electoral roll.
With removal of names of the aforesaid 1,711 voters from the photo electoral roll, there are 5,00,392 voters including 2,54,311 male voters and 2,46,081 female voters in six Assembly constituencies of the hill district, Almora.
It is worth mentioning here that there are a total six Assembly constituencies in Almora district including Dwarahat, Salt, Ranikhet, Someshwar, Almora and Jageshwar.
Meanwhile, restructuring the electoral map of the district, the Almora district election office has also added three new polling booths, informed the officials concerned.
With addition of these three polling booths, there are now a total 787 polling booths across six Assembly constituencies of Almora.
More so, booth level officer (BlOs) have also been appointed at each of these polling booths, added the officials concerned.
As the officials have said that the new eligible voters, who have yet not got their names enrolled in the photo electoral roll, may approach their respective area tehsildar or BlO to get their names enrolled in the voter list.
Names of the eligible voters must be listed in the photo electoral roll so that they may exercise their franchise in the elections, maintained the concerned officials. They have also urged the eligible voters of the Almora district to approach the respective area tehsildar or BlO to get their names registered in the voter list.