On the directives of Election Commission of India, special summary revision of electoral rolls in all 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies will be made from December 13. Under the programme, names of all eligible voters attaining age of 18 years as on January 1, 2014 will be included in electoral rolls.
Under the programme, database and control table will be updated on December 13. On December 16, electoral rolls will be published and posted on CEO’s website. Claims and objections will be received from December 16 to 31. Photo electoral rolls will be read out at Gram Sabha/local Body to verify names from December 22 to 29. Through a special campaign on December 25, claims and objections will be received from booth level agents of political parties and disposed of till January 10.
Apart from updating database and control table, supplementary list will be prepared and printed on January 18, 2014. The electoral rolls will be finally published on January 21.
Meanwhile, as per directives of Election Commission of India, counting of votes will commence in all 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the state on December 8 from 8 am. To streamline the counting process without any hurdle, office of the Chief Electoral Officer has appointed 102 engineers in counting venues to maintain EVMs during counting.
Two engineers each will be available in every district. Regarding this, office of the Chief Electoral Officer has issued directives and guidelines to district election
officers.