73 lakh voters in Telangana marked ASDS, 92 lakh to get notices

Hyderabad, Aug 17 (IANS) Over 73 lakh voters in Telangana have been marked ASDS (Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate), while 92 lakh voters will be issued notices for discrepancies during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

The Election Commission of India on Monday published the draft voter list following door-to-door enumeration.

Out of 3,38,26,448 electors, 73,39,235 have been identified as ASDS.

These include 57.46 lakh who had permanently shifted or were found absent. The election authorities also identified 9.22 lakh deceased, while 6.70 lakh voters were found enrolled at multiple places.

Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudharsan Reddy told media persons that 92 lakh electors will be issued notices. 

As many as 60 lakh voters will get notices for discrepancies in their names or their family members’ names, or any inconsistencies in age, etc. Another 32 lakh electors have been identified as unmapped, those who couldn’t be linked to 2002 rolls.

He said enumeration forms were collected from 2,64,87,213 electors (78.30 per cent).

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) did not find the remaining 73.39 lakh electors (21.7 per cent) or did not get back their enumeration forms because they became electors in other states/UTs, or were not found in existence, or did not submit the form till August 10, or were not willing to register as an elector for some reason or other.

SIR was conducted in the state from June 25 to August 10.

The CEO made it clear that genuine electors can still be added back to the electoral rolls during the claims and objections period from August 17 to September 16 using Form-6 along with the prescribed declaration form. The name of the electors found enrolled at multiple places in the electoral rolls will be retained only at one place.

The Draft Electoral Roll has been published by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) concerned for all 119 Assembly Constituencies of the State.

Booth-wise lists of absent/shifted/death/duplicate electors whose names are not included in the Draft Roll have been displayed on the Notice Board of respective ERO/AERO Offices, Grama Panchayat/Municipal Office Notice Boards, and Polling Stations to enable the general public to have access to the voters' lists along with the probable reasons for non-inclusion of their names. These lists have also been put on the CEO’s website along with the respective DEO’s website.

Claims and objections can be filed from August 17 to September 16. Claims and objections will be disposed of from August 17 to October 15. The final electoral roll will be published on October 19.

According to the CEO, the successful completion of the enumeration phase is the result of coordinated efforts of District Election Officers (DEOs) of all 33 districts, 119 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 892 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), 3,590 BLO Supervisors and 35,985 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) deployed at 35,985 polling stations.

Representatives of recognised political parties, including their District Presidents, also actively participated, with as many as 49,018 Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by them.

--IANS

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