Nearly 3 lakh applications seeking fresh enrolment in the electoral roll have been filed in Delhi since the publication of the draft roll on August 31, which excluded around 47.5 lakh voters, official data showed.
A total of 2,98,940 Form 6 applications were received between August 31 and November 8, along with 2,12,400 received up to August 30, the data showed.
Delhi election authorities will start generating fresh enumeration forms for all 47.5 lakh electors excluded from the draft roll from this week, as part of a re-verification exercise to facilitate their inclusion in the final electoral roll, officials said on Monday.
The exercise will cover electors marked as absent, shifted, dead and duplicate (ASDD) during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, including those who shifted from one place to another within Delhi but were left out of the draft roll. The data also showed that 30,122 Form 7 applications, which seek deletion of names from the electoral roll, were received between August 31 and November 8, along with 51,471 applications submitted up to August 30.
Similarly, 1,10,628 Form 8 applications, seeking correction or modification of electoral entries, were received during the period, compared to 2,60,768 applications filed up to August 30.
The office of the Delhi chief electoral officer said that the fresh enumeration forms will provide another opportunity to electors whose names did not figure in the draft roll to establish their eligibility and seek inclusion in the final list. Electors who have already submitted Form 6 for fresh enrolment during the SIR will not be required to submit a fresh enumeration form, the Delhi CEO’s office said in a statement.
For those who have not shifted residence, the filled-in enumeration form will have to be accompanied by a statement explaining why it could not be submitted during the earlier enumeration phase.
Electors who have shifted within Delhi will have to provide their new address and Assembly constituency details, the statement said.
Booth-level officers (BLOs) will reach out to such electors through house-to-house visits and inquiries with neighbours, family members and Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), besides coordinating with booth-level agents (BLAs) of political parties, it said. The Election Commission has extended the deadline for filing claims and objections to November 25, while the disposal of claims and objections is scheduled to be completed by December 15.
The final electoral roll will be published on December 22.