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Over 3.22 lakh names were removed from the draught electoral rotation of Ernakulam territory published aft the Special Intense Revision (SIR) connected Tuesday (December 23).
District Collector G. Priyanka handed implicit the draught electoral rotation prepared aft the SIR to representatives of governmental parties.
According to the draught roll, the territory has a full of 23,30,643 voters. Compared to the database published connected October 27, arsenic galore arsenic 3,22,422 names were removed for assorted reasons.
Addressing the media, Ms. Priyanka clarified that eligible voters excluded from the draught database would not suffer their voting rights. Those removed person until January 22 to record objections and complaints. They tin taxable Form 6 to person their names included successful the last electoral roll, which volition beryllium published connected February 21.
“Voting is the cardinal close of the people. The territory medication is committed to ensuring that each eligible voters are included successful the electoral roll,” the Collector said. She added that 2,06,061 names successful the draught database could not beryllium linked with the 2002 SIR roll, and that peculiar hearings would beryllium conducted by electoral registration officers to code these cases.
The Collector besides commended booth-level officers, BLO supervisors, and different officials for their important relation successful successfully completing the SIR process.
Sub-Collector Granthe Sai Krishna, Election Deputy Collector Sunil Mathew, and different lawman collectors were present.
The breakdown of names removed from the draught rotation is arsenic follows: deceased voters: 82,073; untraceable: 96,506; permanently relocated: 89,067; duplicate entries crossed lists: 12,953; and Others (including refusal to instrumentality enumeration forms): 41,823.
