Shillong: Meghalaya’s final electoral rolls, published on Monday after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, list 21,83,963 electors — a net increase of 14,720, or around 0.68%, from the draft electoral rolls.The rolls include 11,24,216 female electors and 10,59,743 male electors. Four electors are registered under the third-gender category.The final rolls have a gender ratio of 1,061 and an elector-population ratio of 606.Chief electoral officer BDR Tiwari advised electors to verify their names and details in the final rolls through the Election Commission’s Voters’ Services Portal and the Meghalaya CEO’s website. Digital copies of the final rolls can also be downloaded from the website.“Any eligible citizen whose name has not been included in the final electoral rolls may apply for inclusion through Form 6, along with the prescribed declaration and supporting documents, wherever applicable. Similarly, applications for deletion and correction or shifting of electoral particulars may be submitted through Form 7 and Form 8, respectively,” the CEO said.According to Election Commission guidelines, a special enrolment drive will be conducted across Meghalaya following the publication of the final rolls.Special enrolment camps will be organised in all 12 districts to help eligible citizens enrol, particularly those whose names appeared in the pre-SIR rolls but were not included in the final rolls.Eligible citizens who have not yet enrolled, first-time and young electors who have attained the qualifying age, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable electors requiring assistance can also avail themselves of assistance from the special enrolment camps.
