Special camps will be held at all 11,763 polling stations in the national Capital from January 11 to help the general public in checking their names in the electoral roll and submit fresh applications for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi Chandra Bhushan Kumar said that the commission would take stringent actions against bogus voters.
During the period of Special Summary Revision 2015, around total 1,59,854 new voters have been added after publication of draft roll on October 15, 2014. Moreover, special camps and campaigning will be held in all colleges, higher educational institutions of Delhi to enrol youth electors, using campus ambassadors, in the coming week. Special camps for enrolment of homeless from night shelters will also be held, the CEO said.
“We will set up special camps from January 11 to make the necessary changes in the draft rolls. This is to ensure there is no error in the final list of electoral rolls of the electorate in the upcoming list of Delhi Assembly elections. Awareness campaign for verifying the name in voter list and to enroll, if left out, through print and electronic media will be launched in coming week,.” said an official.
Fresh enrolment for those who have attained the age of 18+ as on qualifying date i.e., 01.01.2015 and giving opportunities for correction in electors particulars and also to invite objections against any wrong inclusion in the electoral roll as a part of Special Summary Revision-2015. Out of total 1,20,605 cases, in 64,000 cases, photos corrected/removed through Form 8 whereas in 49,444 cases, the entries have been put in ASD list. In 29,785 cases, the entries have been deleted through Form 7 and in 17,411 cases; the entries have been put in ASD list, which involves multiple entries.
The CEO also said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) would soon release a special Facebook page for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. During special summary revision 2015 Draft Electoral Roll in respect of each Assembly Constituency was published on October 15, 2014. After completing the different stages prescribed by the ECI, final Electoral Roll has been published on January 5.
Around 2,09,761 bogus voters have been identified in the Capital of which nearly 1,20,605 have been recognised holding duplicate voter IDs while 89,156 have been found with multiple voter IDs. Delhi Chief Electoral Office has assured stringent action against the bogus voters in the national Capital.