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The Chief Minister said lakhs of Form 7 applications, seeking deletion of names, had been withdrawn after cases were filed against those who were misusing such a mechanism to get the names of genuine voters deleted
13 candidates in fray; elaborate arrangements to enforce model code of conduct, says Regional Commissioner Zehera Naseem
Jairam Ramesh also alleges that 85,854 pre-filled copies of Form 7, used to raise objections to voter entries, were generated through the ERONet software after the deadline for claims and objections had expired
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam bags the Madurantakam and Dharapuram (Reserved) Assembly constituencies. In Puducherry, the All India N.R. Congress retains Thattanchavady
The applicants said uncertainty over their appeals against exclusion continues even as the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Howrah Municipal Corporation elections near
The special drive has been launched to enrol eligible persons whose names may have been left out of the electoral roll during or after the SIR, including those of young and first-time voters
The women displayed copies of the death certificates and other documents which, they claimed, had been used to show them as ‘dead’
At a meeting with the CEOs recently, the ECI asked them to proceed with the special enrolment drive on a war footing by holding camps and followed by door-to-door visits by Booth Level Officers
West Bengal poll office says eligible deleted voters can apply through Form 6 to restore name in rolls
Bulk Form-7 applications seeking deletion of names, largely Muslim voters, have been filed across several Assembly constituencies in Karnataka.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot alleged the SIR is being used to selectively delete voters, as he also criticised the Rajasthan government’s drought response and the AAP government in Punjab
The State will now begin a special drive to enrol missing and eligible voters, following the nearly 10% decline in the electoral roll, with a large number of voters placed in the ‘uncollectable (ASDD)’ category
India’s Cockroach Janta Party launches protest after millions of voters were allegedly improperly removed from rolls.
Protesting students submitted an 18-point charter of demands, including the resignation of the institute’s director, after the parents of the second-year student were denied permission to continue their own protest on weekends
He alleged that a large number of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in Belagavi were illegally included as voters at the instance of local Congress leaders
The ECI letter suggested that the BLOs may cover at least 20-25 electors in a week so as to complete this exercise within a period of about one month
Form-7 applications were filed in bulk, seeking the deletion of the names of voters predominantly from the minority and Dalit communities during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision
Claims and objections to be disposed of by October 10; the draft roll published on July 31 listed 3.71 crore voters
In Babaleshwar alone, 1,373 Form-7 applications were received on September 22. Of these, 1,363 were filed by just 10 people, seeking deletions largely against Muslim voters outside their own polling stations
The Election Commission of India announced the election schedule on September 22, following which the Model Code of Conduct came into force for political parties and candidates
A total of 10,003 voters are expected to cast their votes in the interim polls necessitated for various reasons
Two Election Commissioners objected on record 14 times in ten months — many decisions made without their knowledge. We break down the Indian Express investigation into ECI’s Special Intensive Revision, the Form 6 dispute, the ERONet centralisation row, and what it means for West Bengal’s 27 lakh deleted voters ahead of the state elections.
The Election Commission of India should scrutinise political parties and political finance rather than legitimate voters
In a post on X, Satheesan says voters need to have full confidence in integrity of India’s electoral process
While the draft roll had 3,13,87,034 names, following disposal of claims, objections and other eligible applications, 2,90,497 were added and 44,777 were deleted — with net addition of 2,45,720 voters to the roll
When The Hindu spoke to several voters who had been marked as absent or shifted, many said they did not know about the deadline, September 23, or how to fill the form.