Rajasthan SIR: 44.2 lakh voters excluded from final electoral list
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At least 44.2 lakh voters in Rajasthan have been excluded from the final electoral roll published on Saturday after the special intensive revision of voter list, the Hindustan Times quoted the State Election Commission as saying.
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The draft rolls released on December 16 had shown 41.8 lakh voters were deleted from the list. Another 2.4 lakh names were removed during the claims and objections period.
The final voter list has increased to 5.1 crore from 5.04 crore in the draft roll after at least 1.2 lakh fresh voters were added, the newspaper reported.
Voters can file applications against decisions taken in the final roll within the next 15 days, the Hindustan Times quoted Naveen Mahajan, the chief electoral officer of Rajasthan as saying.
The special intensive revision of electoral rolls is underway in 12 states and Union Territories, including Rajasthan.
The exercise began in the state on November 4 in 199 Assembly constituencies, excluding Anta, where a bye-election was held on November 11. The final list for the Anta constituency will be announced on March 12.
Rajasthan had about 5.4 crore voters when the revision began.
In Bihar, where the revision was completed ahead of the Assembly polls in November, at least 47 lakh voters were excluded from the final electoral roll.
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