Delhi’s Draft Electoral Roll Excludes 47.7 Lakh Voters; Claims Open Until September 30

Draft Roll Published with 47.7 Lakh Excluded

Delhi’s draft electoral roll, released on Monday under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, excludes 47.7 lakh electors out of the city’s total 1,45,10,299 registered voters, according to the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). The draft roll includes about 97.5 lakh electors whose enumeration forms were received and digitised during the house-to-house verification, which ran from June 30 to August 17.

The excluded electors have been categorised under the Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO) grouping and do not appear in the draft list. Election officials said many voters were not found at their registered addresses during the exercise, while others had shifted within Delhi or moved out of the city.

Claims and Objections Process

The Delhi CEO said those excluded can seek inclusion by submitting claims through Form 6 along with supporting documents. Claims can be filed until September 30, and the final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on November 4. According to the revised Election Commission schedule, the process of issuing notices and disposing of claims and objections will continue until October 29.

The CEO’s office said booth-level officers (BLOs), in consultation with booth-level agents (BLAs), had prepared a list of voters whose enumeration forms had not been received, and those affected can use the claims process. Officials will examine the claims, and booth-level officers will conduct field visits to verify the details; if found in order, the names will be added to the final SIR roll.

Digitisation Figures and Constituency Variation

Data released by the Delhi CEO shows enumeration forms for 67.2% of the electorate were submitted and digitised, with the remaining 32.8% placed under ASDDO categories. The extent of digitisation varied considerably across the city’s 70 Assembly constituencies: Rohini recorded the highest rate at 83.43%, while Tughlakabad had the lowest at 52.15%.

Officials said notices could be issued in cases involving discrepancies or where an elector’s details could not be linked to the 2002 intensive revision roll. The Delhi CEO also clarified that Aadhaar alone may not be sufficient where additional verification of an elector’s eligibility is required.

Background

The SIR was undertaken to prepare an electoral roll through house-to-house enumeration. Earlier reporting noted that around 20% of Delhi’s registered voters were not found at their addresses during the door-to-door checks in late July, and by mid-August it was reported that nearly one in three voters were likely to be struck off the draft roll. Election Commission figures as of August 31 showed 67.2% of Delhi’s registered voters had been verified.