Maharashtra voter verification under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has cleared more than 95% of the notices issued to around 1.22 crore electors, according to figures released by the state’s Chief Electoral Officer’s office on October 30. In Pune district, 93.40% of the cases have been resolved after documents submitted by voters were examined.
The verification followed notices issued to electors whose details showed logical discrepancies in the voter list or could not be mapped with the previous electoral roll. Chief Electoral Officer S. Chockalingam said voters who submitted the required evidence and documents would not face difficulty, according to the report published by Pudhari.
Statewide data shows that 62.48 lakh electors were identified as having logical discrepancies in their voter-list records. Of these, documents for 96.51% of voters have been checked and the related cases closed.
A second group comprises 59.75 lakh electors whose details could not be mapped with the previous voter list. Verification has been completed for 93.73% of voters in this category. The figures indicate that the two categories were processed separately during the SIR exercise, although the source report does not provide a district-wise numerical breakup of the remaining cases.
The unresolved cases have been made available on the Chief Electoral Officer’s website. Booth-level representatives of political parties, known as BLAs, have been asked to examine the lists and assist voters in submitting the documents required for verification.
In Pune, the district-wise data shows that 93.40% of the cases linked to notices have been resolved. The report does not specify the total number of notices issued in Pune or the number of cases still pending in the district. It states that booth-level officers are continuing to contact voters in the remaining cases and collect the required documents.
Gadchiroli, Thane and Chandrapur recorded the highest verification rates among Maharashtra’s districts, according to the state-level figures cited in the report. The variation between districts places particular importance on the remaining outreach process, since unresolved cases require contact with voters and the submission of supporting records before the review can be completed.
The SIR process has also generated 18,79,584 applications across Maharashtra between August 31 and October 25. The source report does not specify how these applications are distributed across districts or the categories of electoral changes they represent.
The latest figures mark the current status of the verification exercise rather than its final closure. For voters whose cases remain unresolved, the next step is to check the lists published by the Chief Electoral Officer’s office and submit the required documents through the ongoing process involving booth-level officers and political-party representatives.
