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Manipur, Sikkim Publish Final Rolls After Voter Revision
Election officials checked the voter lists in Manipur and Sikkim.
They removed names of people who were absent, had moved, had died, or appeared more than once.
They also added people after reviewing claims and objections.
Manipur’s final list has 19,60,620 voters.
Women are more numerous than men in Manipur, and 308 third-gender voters are included.
Sikkim’s final list has 4,18,467 voters.
The reports give slightly different numbers for how many names were removed in both states.
Sikkim also added more polling stations, increasing them from 572 to 625.
Manipur’s final roll lists 19,60,620 voters, down 6.33% from 20,93,076 before revision.
Manipur’s roll includes 10,06,962 women, 9,53,350 men and 308 third-gender electors.
Officials reported 56,871 additions in Manipur, while deletion figures differed between reports and stages of the revision.
Sikkim’s final roll has 4,18,467 voters after officials reported 52,614 to 54,209 exclusions.
Sikkim increased polling stations from 572 to 625 after publishing its final roll.
- Who
- The Election Commission of India, Manipur Chief Electoral Officer Arun Kumar Sinha, and the Sikkim Chief Electoral Officer’s office.
- What
- Final photo electoral rolls were published after Special Intensive Revision exercises in Manipur and Sikkim.
- Where
- Manipur and Sikkim, India.
- When
- The final rolls were published on Sunday; Manipur’s claims-and-objections period ran from July 5 to August 4.
- Why
- The revisions were conducted to update electoral rolls by processing claims and objections and identifying absent, shifted, deceased, duplicate or ineligible entries.
Key facts
- Manipur final electorate
- 19,60,620 voters across 60 assembly constituencies
- Manipur gender figures
- 10,06,962 women, 9,53,350 men and 308 third-gender electors
- Manipur additions
- 56,871 additions were reported during the revision
- Manipur draft roll
- 19,34,399 electors were listed in the draft roll published on July 5
- Manipur exclusions
- Reports cited 1,32,456 deletions from the pre-revision roll, 1,58,677 names excluded from the draft roll, and about 1.89 lakh total deletions
- Sikkim final electorate
- 4,18,467 voters
- Sikkim polling stations
- The number increased from 572 to 625
Quotes
Arun Kumar Sinha
Manipur’s chief electoral officer
“During the claims and objections period from July 5 to August 4, the authorities received 96,985 claims and objections, all of which were processed for final publication. The final list includes 56,871 additions, while 30,650 electors were deleted from the draft roll.”
telegraphindia.com
“After the SIR exercise, the state now has over 19.60 lakh electors across 60 assembly constituencies. Of the total voters, 9,53,350 are men and 10.06 women. There are 308 third-gender electors.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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