Draft Electoral Roll List Today LIVE: The Election Commission of India will release draft voter rolls for four states and union territories on Tuesday following an extensive revision process. The details come mere days after the poll body released data for West Bengal and Tamil Nadu — deleting the names of more than 155 lakh voters in the two states. The stage is now set for a contentious verification phase and sharpened political fault lines ahead of the state Assembly elections in multiple parts of the country.
As per the revised schedule outlined by the EC, draft voter rolls will be released for Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on December 23. Enumeration was previously scheduled to end on December 11 with draft rolls being published on December 16.
Where can you see the electoral draft rolls?
The Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) and District Election Officers (DEOs) will provide printed copies of the draft voter lists to all recognised political parties. The draft rolls will also be made available online on the CEO and DEO websites. Additionally, separate lists showing voters who are absent, have moved, are deceased, or are duplicates will be uploaded on the same websites.
How have the other states fared?
The Special Intensive Revision of voter lists is being conducted in 12 states and Union Territories — with the final electoral rolls set to be published in February. The draft rolls of West Bengal, Rajasthan, Goa, Puducherry and Lakshadweep were published on December 16. Days later the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer announced that EC had dropped the names of 97.37 lakh voters from the draft electoral rolls at the end of the first phase of SIR in the state.
Tamil Nadu leads the list with the names of more than 97 lakh people deleted from the voter list. West Bengal follows with about 58 lakh names missing from the draft list. Rajasthan saw a decline of approximately 44 lakh voters, while Puducherry and Goa reported similar reductions of just over one lakh voters each. Lakshadweep saw a marginal drop of about 1,600 electors.
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Around 32 lakh unmapped voters in West Bengal will be called for the first phase of hearings under the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls. An official from the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer stated to PTI that hearings for this category will commence from December 27. These are the voters whose names could not be linked with those of their family members in the 2002 electoral rolls.
SIR Draft Roll LIVE Updates: What are the steps for checking SIR form status online?
The following are the steps for checking the status of the SIR form online-
1. Visit the official website eci.gov.in
2. Locate the tab that says “Fill Enumeration Form” and select it.
3. If you are a first-time user, then make an account; otherwise, sign in
4. Fill in your mobile number, email and the captcha code for registering yourself
5. Generate the OTP and log in to proceed further
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With West Bengal assembly elections a few months away, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday stepped up her attack on the BJP, alleging that the party wants to get 1.5 crore voters removed from the electoral rolls.
Banerjee made the allegation while presiding over a meeting with Trinamool Congress Booth Level Agents (BLAs) at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium.
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Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Monday stated that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have helped in identifying the infiltrators. She further added that the government is taking steps to deport them.
While addressing a programme in Fatehpur district, Patel mentioned that exercises like SIR are essential to safeguard the country. She appealed to the citizens to support such initiatives rather than opposing them, and asked for the cooperation of the people, as reported by PTI.
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Tamil Nadu recorded the biggest drop, with over 97 lakh names deleted from the voter rolls. West Bengal was next, with around 58 lakh names absent from the draft list. Rajasthan also saw a fall of about 44 lakh voters. Smaller cuts were registered in Puducherry and Goa, where deletions were a little over one lakh each. Lakshadweep registered only a slight fall, of roughly 1,600 electors.
SIR Draft Roll Today LIVE: Kerala flags voter roll revision errors
The Kerala government has written to the Election Commission (EC) highlighting what it called major issues in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. As per PTI report, as many as 25 lakh voters could have been left out wrongly.
The Chief Secretary appealed to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to address the errors mentioned in the revision exercise and also urged more time for voters to submit their enumeration forms.
SIR Draft Roll Today LIVE: When is Madhya Pradesh releasing SIR draft data roll?
The Election Commission will publish Madhya Pradesh’s draft electoral rolls on Tuesday as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being held in selected states and Union Territories.
SIR Draft Roll Today LIVE: How to check SIR status online?
Voters also have an option to check the status of their SIR form submission online. They will need to log in and choose the option to fill overview of the enumeration form. If a submission confirmation is reflected, it means your form has been submitted. IF no confirmation appears and a blank form opens instead, it indicates that your details have not been uploaded yet.
SIR Draft Roll Today LIVE: What is SIR?
Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is a document-backed, door-to-door verification drive conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to clean and update electoral rolls.
The exercise aims to focus on adding eligible voters whose names are not on the rolls and deleting ineligible entries, like names of deceased persons or voters who have shifted to some other place.
SIR Draft Roll Today LIVE: How to check your name in the draft electoral role?
Once the draft rolls are published on December 23, voters can confirm their details by following these steps:
1. Go to the ECI voter portal-https://voters.eci.gov.in
2. Select the option that says search your name in E-roll. It will be visible at the top right of the homepage.
3. Enter your EPIC number or enter your basic personal details to find your name on the list.
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