About 3.31 lakh names removed from draft electoral rolls in Tiruchi district

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District Collector V. Saravanan releasing the draught  electrol rotation  successful  Tiruchi connected  Friday.

District Collector V. Saravanan releasing the draught electrol rotation successful Tiruchi connected Friday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY

The names of astir 3.31 lakh voters person been removed from the draught electoral rolls successful Tiruchi territory pursuing the completion of the enumeration carried retired nether the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls ordered by the Election Commission.

The SIR was taken up to guarantee accuracy of the electoral rolls by identifying the absent, shifted, oregon dormant voters and duplicate entries (ASDD). Enumeration forms were distributed to voters since November 4 and the names of each those who had submitted the filled-in forms were retained successful the rolls.

As galore arsenic 3,31,787 enumeration forms were identified arsenic irretrievable and the names of those voters person been removed from the electoral rolls. These see 44,276 absent voters, 1,60,831 persons who had migrated, 1,16,756 dormant voters, 9,805 treble entries, and 119 others, District Election Officer and Collector V. Saravanan said successful a property release.

As per the draught electoral rolls released by Mr. Saravanan, the territory had 20,37,180 voters with 10,46,664 women, 9,90,215 men and 301 others arsenic connected December 19. Prior to the enumeration, the territory had 23,68,967 voters.

The Srirangam Assembly constituency continues to stay the largest successful the territory successful presumption of elector spot with 2,71,539 electors and Thuraiyur (Reserved) is the smallest with 2,02,720 voters. Women outnumber men successful each 9 Assembly constituencies successful the territory arsenic earlier.

Copies of the electoral rolls volition beryllium kept astatine each offices of Electoral Registration Officers/Revenue Divisional Officers and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers Taluk Office for electors to verify their entries. The rolls would beryllium disposable with the BLOs acrophobic too. Voters tin verify the rolls done the voters work portal https://voters.eci.gov.in/ oregon https://tiruchirappalli.nic.in/ oregon the ECINET mobile App.

Urging electors to verify whether their names person been included successful the draught rolls, Mr. Saravanan said eligible voters, if their names had been near out, tin use for inclusion oregon corrections by submitting Form 6 oregon Form 8 to the Booth Level Officers. They tin use online astatine https://voters.eci.gov.in/ oregon the ECINET App.

“I impulse the voters to stay vigilant and cheque the draught rolls to verify whether their names person been included. Those who find their names missing person clip till January 18 to use for inclusion,” helium said.

Special camps volition beryllium held successful each polling stations successful the territory from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. connected December 20 and 21 for receiving the applications for inclusions and corrections with required documentary proof, helium said.

Persons who attain the property of 18 connected January 1, 2026, are eligible for inclusions.

As per the ECI guidelines, booth agents of recognised governmental parties tin cod and taxable to the BLOs up to 10 forms for inclusions and deletions oregon corrections a day.

Mr. Saravanan said the fig of polling stations successful the territory had been accrued to 2,785 from 2,543 arsenic per the latest ECI norms.

Published - December 19, 2025 06:56 p.m. IST

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