Delhi’s draft voter list has received 2,98,940 applications for new registration after around 47.5 lakh names were left out during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with the Election Commission extending the deadline for claims and objections to 25 November.
According to data from the Delhi election office, 2,12,400 Form 6 applications for new voter registration had been received up to 30 August. The total rose to 2,98,940 between 31 August and 8 November, indicating a sharp increase in applications after the draft electoral roll was published.
The draft list excluded around 47.5 lakh names placed in the categories of absent, shifted, deceased and duplicate voters, collectively referred to as ASDD. The Delhi election office will prepare new enumeration forms this week to give all those excluded voters another opportunity to establish their eligibility.
The process will also cover voters who have moved from one part of Delhi to another and whose names did not appear in the draft list. Voters who have already submitted Form 6 during the SIR process will not need to fill out an enumeration form again, according to the Chief Electoral Officer’s office.
Voters who have not changed their address will be required to submit the completed enumeration form along with an explanation of why they could not submit the form during the first phase. Those who have shifted within Delhi will need to provide their new address and assembly constituency details.
Booth-level officers will contact voters at their homes as part of the process. Where necessary, information may also be verified through neighbours, family members, resident welfare associations and booth-level agents of political parties.
The claims and objections process has been extended until 25 November. The election authorities will dispose of the submissions by 15 December, after which the final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on 22 December.
The election office data also shows changes in other categories of applications. Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names stood at 51,471 up to 30 August and 30,122 between 31 August and 8 November. Form 8 applications for corrections or modifications totalled 2,60,768 in the earlier period and 1,10,628 in the later period.
The additional enumeration process will determine how many of the names excluded from the draft roll are restored and how many applications are accepted before the final list is released on 22 December.
