New Delhi: Nearly 47.6 lakh registered voters in Delhi are unlikely to find their names in the draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral roll to be published by Election Commission Monday, with around one-third of the capital’s 1.4 crore electors unable to submit their enumeration forms during the verification exercise.Election officials said many voters were not found at their registered addresses, while others had shifted within Delhi or moved out of the city.Voters whose names are missing from the draft roll will be able to file claims and objections between Aug 31 and Sept 30. During this period, officials will closely examine the claims, while booth-level officers (BLOs) will conduct field visits to verify them. Once the details are found to be in order, the voters’ names will be included in the final SIR electoral roll, scheduled to be published on Nov 4.According to poll officials, the draft roll is expected to contain around 97.5 lakh electors whose enumeration forms were submitted, verified and digitised during the door-to-door exercise conducted between June 30 and Aug 17. Election Commission figures show that 67.2% of Delhi’s 1,45,10,299 (around 97.5 lakh) registered voters were verified. The remaining 47.6 lakh voters were marked “uncollectable” and categorised as ‘Absent’, ‘Shifted’, ‘Dead’, ‘Duplicate’ and ‘Others’ (ASDDO).Officials said further scrutiny would continue even after publication of the draft roll. Some voters whose names appear in the roll may receive notices if their details could not be linked to the 2002 intensive revision roll or if discrepancies were detected during verification.“Notices will be issued to electors whose details could not be mapped with the previous SIR roll or where discrepancies such as age or name mismatches are found. They may be asked to provide clarifications and supporting documents,” an official said.The SIR exercise was launched on June 30 to update Delhi’s electoral rolls and remove ineligible entries. Originally scheduled to conclude on July 29, it was extended three times. During the exercise, around 13,000 BLOs distributed enumeration forms across all 13 districts, according to Delhi chief electoral officer’s office.Digitisation rates varied across districts. Outer North recorded the highest rate at 75.7%, followed by West (73.3%) and South West (73.2%). North East registered 70.9%, while South East had the lowest digitisation rate at 56.3%, followed by New Delhi (60.8%) and South (61.3%).
