Around 47 lakh names have been deleted from the first draft of Delhi voter rolls released by the Election Commission today. Earlier, Delhi had 1,45,10,299 registered voters. Now, 97,53,577 voters have been found eligible in Delhi under the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) – down by 47,56,722.
“The draft voter list for Delhi under the SIR has been released. The reduction drew an immediate from former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. “The Government of India is unnecessarily worried about the population.
Of these, 43,32,775 voters were found to have either shifted residence or were unavailable. 1,41,535 voters were found to be enrolled at multiple locations or were duplicate entries. 2,82,412 voters were found to be deceased, the Election Commission said. Voters whose names do not appear in the first list can apply for inclusion through Form 6 until September 30, the Commission has said. Out of 1.5 crore, the names of 47 lakh voters are missing,” read a rough translation of his post on social media platform X. Through SIR, the Election Commission will reduce our country’s population from 140 crore to 50 crore,” he added. In Bengal, where assembly polls were held in the latest round, 90 lakh voters — around 12 per cent of the electorate — were removed.
