More than 1 lakh of the 4.56 lakh Form 6 applications seeking inclusion in Delhi’s electoral rolls have been disposed of since August 31, when the draft rolls were published, as the exercise to verify and update voter lists under SIR is nearing its final phase, according to officials.
Booth-level officers (BLOs) are visiting households to collect supporting documents from electors whose cases involve non-mapping or logical discrepancies. A total of 4,56,913 Form 6 applications were received till October 20, including 2,12,400 by August 30 and another 2,44,513 between August 31 and October 20, officials said. Form 6 is used by eligible citizens, including first-time voters and those whose names are missing from the electoral rolls, to seek enrolment. Among the Assembly constituencies for which figures were available, around 2,000 Form 6 applications had been disposed of each in Okhla, Kasturba Nagar and Jangpura, while Tughlaqabad, Matia Mahal and R K Puram had recorded around 1,500 disposals each. The figure stood at around 1,000 in Kalkaji and 260 in Babarpur, according to poll officials. More than 80 per cent of these cases have been resolved, the poll body said earlier.
“Around 1.15 lakh applications were disposed of between August 31 and October 20,” an official said, adding that the figures were provisional as constituency-wise data for all 70 Assembly segments was yet to be uploaded and updated on the website of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).
“Eligible citizens whose names remain missing from the rolls can apply for inclusion through the continuous updation process by submitting Form 6 to the concerned Electoral Registration Officer, in accordance with Election Commission guidelines,” he said.
