SIR hearing: 54.21L voters retained in electoral roll in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The Election Commission has completed the hearing process for 54.21 lakh voters.

Key points

• The office of chief electoral officer (CEO) RS Gopalan remarked notices were issued to 58, 36, 430 voters over logical anomalies and unmapping matters.
• 53, 625 applications have been received through Form 7 seeking deletion of duplicate entries, removal of names of deceased voters and other related corrections.
• Around 1, 97, 952 voters have additionally submitted Form 8 applications for correction of names, addresses, age and other details as well as for shifting family members to a common polling station.
• The deadline for filing claims and objections to the draft electoral roll prepared after the first phase of the SIR concluded on August 19.

BHUBANESWAR: The Election Commission has completed the hearing process for 54.21 lakh voters. This person were issued notices as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and retained their names in the list, authorities stated on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the office of chief electoral officer (CEO) RS Gopalan remarked notices were issued to 58, 36, 430 voters over logical anomalies and unmapping matters. Of these, 58, 36, 374 notices were successfully served. After hearing and verification, 54, 21, 872 voters have so far been retained in the electoral roll.

After which the final electoral roll will be published on September 21, the CEO office stated, the hearing process for the remaining cases is scheduled to be completed by September 17.

Meanwhile, the deadline for filing claims and objections to the draft electoral roll prepared after the first phase of the SIR concluded on August 19. So far, 3, 09, 71, 941 eligible voters have been discovered qualified for inclusion in the final roll. The number is projected to rise further after the remaining hearings and verification proceedings are completed.

Deputy CEO Laxmi Prasad Sahu remarked the revision exercise has seen significant participation from new and young voters. A total of 2, 79, 315 applications have been received through Form 6 for new voter registration.

Meanwhile, 53, 625 applications have been received through Form 7 seeking deletion of duplicate entries, removal of names of deceased voters and other related corrections.

Around 1, 97, 952 voters have additionally submitted Form 8 applications for correction of names, addresses, age and other details as well as for shifting family members to a common polling station. Maha praise for Odisha's SIR model.

Bhubaneswar: Chief electoral officer of Maharashtra S Chockalingam has appreciated the Odisha model of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls implementation and the systematic approach adopted by the state, particularly in respect of mapping, monitoring, notice generation and hearings.

In an interaction with CEO Odisha RS Gopalan on Thursday, Chockalingam expressed that the best practices shared by Odisha would be examined and adopted suitably in Maharashtra for effective implementation of the SIR exercise. Gopalan, who visited Maharashtra on an invitation from his counterpart, shared the best practices on implementation of the ongoing SIR exercise in the state.

For now, SIR hearing: 54.21L voters retained in electoral roll in Odisha remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.