Total 24.27 lakh applications were received under the special verification campaign conducted by the Election Commission in Madhya Pradesh before the assembly elections.
In this, 15.55 lakh applications have been received for adding the name, whereas, 4 lakh 13 thousand names have been received for name corrections. Four lakh 58 thousand applications have been received for change in name and address. Final publication of voter list will be done on 5th January 2023 after processing these by 26th December.
The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer conducted a special revision campaign for one month to add, delete and amend names in the voter list. In this the booth level officer went door to door on Saturday and Sunday and collected details from eligible persons.
At the same time, Chief Election Officer Anupam Rajan, Additional Chief Election Officer Rajesh Kaul and other officials visited the districts. District Election Officers were given the responsibility of self-monitoring. Thursday, December 8 was the last day to receive applications.
Officials of the Election Office said that so far 24 lakh 27 thousand applications have been received. This number will increase further. Now they will be tested and a final decision will be taken by December 28. The final publication of the voter list will be on 5th January 2023. This will be followed by a brief revision of the voter list at the time of the election, in which the names of those left out will be added to the list.