Chandigarh, July 21 (IANS) Out of the 5,16,427 registered electors of Chandigarh as on the commencement of SIR, announced on May 14, the enumeration phase concluded with 4,50,280 enumeration forms (87.19 per cent) collected and digitised, while 66,147 forms (12.81 per cent) remained uncollected, the Election Commission of India said on Tuesday. The successful completion of this phase was made possible through the dedicated efforts of the District Election Officer, Electoral Registration Officers…
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Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Telangana’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C. Sudharsan Reddy on Tuesday directed all district election officers (DEOs) to expedite the digitisation of enumeration forms and effectively utilise the available time to achieve targets under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. He, along with Additional CEO Vasam Venkateswar Reddy and Deputy CEO G. S. Chary, held a video conference with the Commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), th…
Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon has submitted a representation to the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer, expressing concern over the illegal activities being carried out by certain government officials and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The party has urged the Election Commission to intervene and issue necessary corrective directions.In a missive, Dhillon said that …
Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) Haryana’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) A. Sreenivas on Wednesday said that around 2.6 lakh people have not yet returned the filled enumeration forms, distributed as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, with the maximum pending forms in Gurugram.This comes a day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) modified the schedule for SIR of electoral rolls in Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, setting October 3 as the date for final publ…
Ranchi, July 10 (IANS) Jharkhand will organise ‘Chunav Pathshalas’ at all polling stations across the state on July 14 to make the voter verification process more transparent and participatory under Special Intensive Revision (SIR).During these sessions, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will publicly read out the list of voters marked under the ASDD category — Absent, Shifted, Dead, and Duplicate (registered at more than one location) — to facilitate verification of the electoral rolls.The init…
Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced the publication of the draft electoral roll for Odisha, with over 20 lakh electors omitted from the voters’ list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted through door-to-door verification between May 30 and June 28.Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, R.S. Gopalan said, “As part of the ongoing SIR exercise, today the draft electoral roll h…
Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls commenced across Karnataka on Tuesday, with more than 59,000 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) launching a month-long door-to-door verification exercise aimed at ensuring the state’s electoral rolls remain accurate, complete and up to date.Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar personally filled out his Enumeration Form in Bengaluru and urged all eligible voters to complete the process. He said the door-to-door campai…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday inaugurated a two-day international conference on “Global Best Practices and Innovations for Media in Electoral Processes and Campaigns” at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi.The conference, which will conclude on Thursday, brings together election administrators, academics, researchers, and media experts to deliberate on emerging challenges in election manag…
Hyderabad, June 2 (IANS) Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C. Sudharsan Reddy said on Tuesday that 68.30 per cent of the mapping has been completed across the state under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He assessed the preparedness for Phase III of the SIR at a review meeting attended by senior officials from the Election Commission of India (ECI), including Principal Secretary Avinash Kumar and Under Secretary Sanjay Kumar.Commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municip…
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) With the Election Commission of India initiating the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Punjab, Chief Electoral Officer Anindita Mitra on Friday held a meeting with representatives of registered and recognised political parties and urged them to appoint booth-level agents to ensure transparency and smooth conduct of the revision process. At the meeting, the Chief Electoral Officer stressed that booth-level agents would play an extremely crucial role throug…