Delhi Chief Electoral Office (CEO) will start the ‘Special Summary Revision’ of electoral roll in all 70 Assembly constituencies for the 2020 elections will start from Saturday and will continue for a period of one month till December 16. Also, the total numbers of about 1.5 lakh general voters have increased since the Lok Sabha elections. Further, octogenarian voters and persons with disability (PWD) will be allowed to vote through postal ballot in the upcoming Assembly elections.
The total number of general voters, as per the last published roll during the Lok Sabha elections is 1,43,16,453. While, according to the electoral rolls published on November 15, it has increased to 1,45,05,034.
"People with disabilities (PwD) and those aged above 80 will be able to cast their votes using postal ballots in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls. Such voters will have to mark themselves in the category to avail the option, using the voter helpline application or by visiting the voter centres," said Ranbir Singh, Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi.
Currently, a total number of 44,000 PwD voters and 1,82, 829 Octogenarian voters are there in Delhi.
The Delhi CEO Ranbir Singh on Friday said that the draft publication will be updated online and will be displayed at the entire election center where the people can file their claims and objections, which will be taken up and disposed of by December 26. He also urged the urged voters to check their names in the draft electoral rolls and asked them to report errors to officials to ensure they can cast their vote in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
"People can check their names in the electoral roll by visiting the website of the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi, voter helpline application, voter centre, customer care centers and so on. Besides, on November 23 and 24, there will be special camps held at all designated stations for the purpose," said Singh.
The final electoral roll will be published on January 6, 2020 and those who have turned 18 or will be turning 18 on or before January 1, 2020, can also get their names added in the voter list by filling Form-6.
Further, voters who want to have any changes can apply for correction in details through Form-8 and apply for deletion of multiple entries or in case of death of a family member, get their name deleted by filling Form-7.
The Delhi poll body will hold special camps to enrol young electors at schools, colleges and other educational institutions on November 28 and 29. The special camps for homeless citizens at all Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) shelters and homeless pockets will be held on December 7 from 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm. Currently there are around 7,000 homeless electors are there in Delhi.
Further, according to the last electoral roll published on April 23 ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the number of male electors stood at 78,73,022 while the number of female electors stood at 64,42,762. The number of third gender voters was 669.
While, as per the recent draft published on Friday, the number of male electors has increased to 79, 66,099 and the number of female voters to 65, 38, 225. The number of third gender voters has also increased to 710. The number of overseas voters is 418.
Further, there are a total number of physically disabled voters and 4418 service voters are in Delhi.