Jaipur: In a major update on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, 70.55 per cent of Rajasthan’s voters will not be required to submit any documents for verification. State Chief Electoral Officer Naveen Mahajan said the Election Department has streamlined the process.
“We had already started voter mapping in advance. More than 70 per cent of voters will not need to provide documents from the day SIR is announced,” Mahajan said. He added that this figure could cross 80 per cent once Booth Level Officers (BLOs) begin door-to-door verification.
(Graphic courtesy: Election Commission of India)
As of October 27, Rajasthan has 5,48,84,570 registered voters. After reviewing electoral rolls from 2002 to 2005, the department confirmed that 70.55 per cent of names matched previous SIR records. Among them, 79.32 per cent of voters aged above 40 years have been entered through the BLO app, while only 22.22 per cent of voters below 40 have been mapped so far.
Rajasthan currently leads among 12 states conducting SIR. The state’s total voter mapping on the Election Commission of India (ECI) Net stands at 49.37 per cent, ahead of Gujarat (5.73 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (13.41 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (20.09 per cent), Tamil Nadu (21.62 per cent), and Chhattisgarh (24.27 per cent).
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SIR kicks off in UP after 22 years Lucknow: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh began this week, marking the first such exercise in 22 years. Earlier, this exercise was conducted in the state in 2003. Chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa held a virtual meeting with district electoral officers and other senior officials to brief them on the SIR process. According to the Election Commission data, there are approximately 15.44 crore registered voters in Uttar Pradesh. The details of all voters will be verified, duplicate entries, deceased persons, and those who have migrated will be removed from the electoral rolls. The wrongful inclusion of foreigners will also be addressed during the SIR. |
