Poll body starts drive to make sure all voters are on the list

The commission on Monday announced the addition of 1.59 lakh voters to its electoral rolls at the end of a summary revision of the rolls started by the Delhi Election Commission on October 15.

Delhi’s voting population, according to its CEO, is now 1.3 crore.

“So far, we have had good results in getting a higher voter enrolment. But in Maharashtra, before the Assembly elections in October, the Election Commission was successful in getting people to come forward and check that their names are on the rolls. Having a voter ID card is not sufficient. Citizens must ensure that their names are on the rolls,” a senior Delhi EC officer said.

In the coming week, the CEO’s office has proposed to have camps at all 11,763 polling stations across 2,527 buildings in Delhi, where names of registered voters will be displayed and application forms will be made available to those who do not find their name on the rolls.

Kumar said based on the 2011 Census, the projected population of Delhi is 1.86 crore and the electoral-population (EP) ratio is 70.02 per cent.

Jungpura constituency has the highest EP ratio of 83.80 per cent and New Delhi constituency has the lowest EP ratio of 47.45 per cent.