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Maharashtra SIR: 1.8 crore voters likely to be deleted from draft electoral roll; 30 lakh in Mumbai alone
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The Indian Express
In first draft electoral roll of Maharashtra SIR, names of 1.8 crore voters will likely be deleted.
(File Photo)Maharashtra is likely to see the deletion of around 1.8 crore voters from the draft electoral roll to be published on August 24 as a part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the state.
Of the 1.8 crore deletions, Mumbai is likely to see the most number of deletions at around 30 lakh – nearly 29 percent – from the draft electoral roll.
The percentage of uncollectable EFs is 18.46 percent, which means these voters are either absent, shifted, deceased, or duplicate.
The remaining four percent forms are currently not digitised,” said Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam, appealing to citizens to fill the EFs in the last remaining four days.