Dharwad District Digitizes 83.27% of Electoral Roll Forms
In Dharwad district, 1,350,609 electoral roll enumeration forms have been digitized, representing 83.27% of the total distributed. The revision exercise has identified over 270,000 electors across categories like deceased, shifted, and duplicate entries.
Key takeaways
- Dharwad district has digitized 83.27% of its electoral roll enumeration forms.
- Over 1.35 million forms have been processed in the Special Intensive Revision.
- The exercise identified 271,352 electors across categories like deceased, shifted, and duplicate.
- The goal of the SIR is to maintain accurate and updated electoral rolls.
What Happened
In Dharwad district, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has achieved a significant milestone, with 83.27% of enumeration forms being digitized. This amounts to 1,350,609 forms processed out of the 1,621,961 forms that were distributed.
The district administration has identified a total of 271,352 electors who fall into categories requiring removal or verification. These include 126,768 permanently shifted voters, 52,618 deceased voters, 63,667 absent voters, and 26,756 duplicate entries, with an additional 1,543 cases in other categories.
Key Facts
- 1,350,609 enumeration forms have been digitized in Dharwad district.
- This figure represents 83.27% of the 1,621,961 forms distributed.
- The district administration identified 271,352 electors in categories such as absent, permanently shifted, deceased, and duplicate.
- Specifically, 126,768 voters were identified as permanently shifted.
- 52,618 voters were identified as deceased.
- 26,756 duplicate entries were found.
- 63,667 voters were identified as absent.
- Digitization figures for the seven Assembly constituencies are: 69-Navalagund (193,394), 70-Kundgol (177,518), 71-Dharwad (193,036), 72-Hubballi-Dharwad East (180,738), 73-Hubballi-Dharwad Central (203,269), 74-Hubballi-Dharwad West (215,935), and 75-Kalaghatgi (186,719).
Background
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) aims to ensure the accuracy and currency of electoral rolls. The process involves identifying eligible voters and systematically removing entries for electors who are deceased, have moved, are absent, or are duplicates.
Deputy Commissioner Snehal R., who also serves as the District Electoral Officer, encouraged public cooperation with Booth Level Officers (BLOs). Voters were urged to complete the required details on enumeration forms and submit them to BLOs during their household visits.
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