Thiruvananthapuram Jan 8 (IANS) Kerala’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rathan U. Kelkar on Thursday strongly pushed back against media reports suggesting large-scale exclusion of voters from the electoral rolls, reiterating that the Election Commission is firmly committed to conducting free and fair elections while ensuring the inclusion of every eligible citizen.Responding through the official X handle of the Chief Electoral Officer, Kelkar cautioned sections of the media against what he desc…
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Lucknow, Jan 7 (IANS) The Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday shared the procedure for checking whether a person’s name has been included in the draft voter list published on January 6.The Election Commission on Tuesday released the draft electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, revealing that the state now has over 12.55 crore eligible voters.At the same time, nearly 2.89 crore names were removed during the ongoing revision process….
Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh electors whose names have not appeared in the draft electoral rolls published on Tuesday have time till February 6 for filing applications for inclusion in the voter list, Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Tuesday.The draft rolls published on Tuesday as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) carry names of 12.55 crore eligible voters while names of nearly 2.89 crore electors have been removed, he said.If a voter’s name is not found in the dra…
Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday published the draft electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh as part of the Special Intensive Revision exercise, showing that there are over 12.55 crore eligible voters in the state, while nearly 2.89 crore names were removed during the current exercise.Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer, Navdeep Rinwa, told reporters that during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, as many as 2.17 crore voters were found missing or shifted from…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has fixed the new schedule of responsibilities for the Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal from the New Year, which will continue for some time before the final voters’ list is published on February 14 next year. Under the new schedule, BLOs will have to be present at the existing polling booths for two hours daily from Monday to Friday.On the two weekend holidays…
Chennai, Dec 27 (IANS) In an effort to ensure maximum inclusion in the electoral process, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a series of special voter registration camps across Tamil Nadu to enable eligible citizens to enrol in the electoral rolls or correct their details. The announcement follows the publication of the draft electoral roll for the state on December 19, after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.According to the Tamil Nadu Chief Electo…
Chennai, Dec 25 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has announced that special voter enrolment camps will be held for four days across the state to help eligible citizens get their names included in the electoral rolls. In a press release, Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik said the move is being implemented in line with the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list.As part of thi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) The draft electoral roll prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Kerala has been published, State Chief Electoral Officer Ratan U. Khelkar said on Tuesday, triggering political and public scrutiny after it emerged that over 24 lakh names have been excluded from the list.According to official figures, Kerala had 2,78,50,856 voters on the rolls before the revision. As part of the SIR exercise, enumeration forms were distributed to all voters include…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 22 (IANS) After the house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll concluded on December 18, election authorities in Kerala are preparing to launch a focused drive to enrol new voters following the publication of the draft electoral rolls on Tuesday. Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar said the special enrolment drive would primarily target citizens who have attained the age of 18 as well as eligible voters who…