The Delhi electoral authorities have released the draft voter list prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with nearly 47.7 lakh names left out of the draft roll from the capital’s total electorate of around 1.45 crore.
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer said voters whose names do not appear in the draft list will have an opportunity to submit claims and seek inclusion. Applications can be filed using Form 6 along with the required documents until September 30.
Officials will examine the claims and objections submitted during the process. The scrutiny and notice-disposal exercise is scheduled to continue until October 29, after which the final electoral roll is expected to be released on November 4.
Why Were 47.7 Lakh Names Removed?
According to data released by the Delhi CEO, electoral authorities managed to digitise details relating to 67.18 per cent of the city’s 1,45,10,299 registered electors during the revision exercise.
The remaining voters were placed in the ASDDO category — covering electors who were classified as absent, shifted, dead, duplicate or falling under other categories where forms could not be collected or linked.
The level of digitisation varied considerably across Delhi’s constituencies. Rohini recorded the highest figure at 83.43 per cent, while Tughlakabad had the lowest at 52.15 per cent.
Okhla recorded one of the highest proportions of uncollectable forms, with 1,64,435 out of 3,62,813 forms, or 45.32 per cent, falling into that category.
Other constituencies with significant numbers of uncollectable forms included Chandni Chowk at 38.98 per cent, Ballimaran at 32.65 per cent, Mustafabad at 28.09 per cent, Babarpur at 27 per cent, Matia Mahal at 24.50 per cent and Seelampur at 23.37 per cent.
Shaheen Bagh, Jasola Faced Linking Challenges
Officials also encountered difficulties while attempting to link voters in areas such as Shaheen Bagh and Jasola Vihar with the 2002 electoral roll.
The exercise reportedly proved particularly challenging for migrant families from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and West Bengal.
Several other constituencies recorded substantially higher digitisation rates. Shakurbasti reported 81.26 per cent digitisation, followed by Rajouri Garden at 79.14 per cent, Mangolpuri at 78.76 per cent and Uttam Nagar at 77.76 per cent.
Among constituencies with sizeable minority populations, Seelampur recorded 76.63 per cent digitisation, while Matia Mahal stood at 75.50 per cent, Babarpur at 73 per cent, Mustafabad at 71.91 per cent and Ballimaran at 67.35 per cent.
Delhi Gets More Polling Stations
The SIR exercise has also resulted in an expansion of Delhi’s polling infrastructure.
The number of polling stations has risen from 13,033 to 14,947. At the same time, polling-station locations have increased from 2,696 to 2,856.
With the claims period now open, voters whose names are missing from the draft roll have until September 30 to approach the election authorities and seek correction or inclusion before the final electoral list is published.
