Uttarakhand draft rollout; voters down to 71.33 lakh
Uttarakhand’s special intensive revision has reduced the draft electoral roll to 71,33,785 voters from 79,60,762 before scrutiny.
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What happened
Uttarakhand’s draft electoral roll after the special intensive revision (SIR) shows 71,33,785 voters. The state had 79,60,762 registered voters before the exercise began.
The Additional Chief Electoral Officer said about 8.26 lakh names may be liable for deletion after scrutiny. The draft roll contains roughly 52% male voters and 47% female voters.
Background and process
The voter-list exercise used enumeration forms that were distributed and digitised between June 7 and July 8. The SIR was conducted on July 1.