The Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi, Dr. Ranbir Singh, on Wednesday informed that the Special Summary Revision of the Electoral Roll with 01.01.2022 as the qualifying date has been completed in the NCT of Delhi with the final electoral roll being published today.
He stated that during the period, there was a net increase of 1,03,610 electors, including 50,562 male, 52,964 female, and 84 third gender electors as compared to the previous roll published in January 2021. This increase, according to Dr. Singh, is a step in realizing the ECI vision of “No Voter to be left behind”.
The overall number of electors on the final electoral roll released is 1,48,99,159 including 81,38,593 male, 67,59,534 female, and 1,032 third gender electors. The gender ratio of electors registered on the final electoral roll has risen from 826 last year to 831, demonstrating significant progress towards greater electoral in inclusion of women, said Dr. Singh.
The increase in the number of third gender electors also demonstrates the positive result of intense efforts made by electoral machinery towards ensuring an inclusive electoral roll.
Dr. Singh further informed that for the convenience of the public, the numbers of polling stations have been increased from 13789 to 13820, through a rationalization exercise as per the ECI guidelines.
He said, “during the Special Summary Revision, various SVEEP activities were carried out to raise awareness among prospective voters about the 01.01.2022 qualifying date, such as regular announcements in the Delhi Metro, advertisements in print media, attention-grabbing jingles on different FM Radio channels, Nukkad Nataks in public spaces, Munadi and display of banners in prominent locations to catch hold of general public's attention.”
The SWEEP campaign was branded as “Dilli Ka Voter Utsav 2022” and the campaign slogan was “Chalo Voter Bane Hum” and “No Voter to be left Behind”.