CEO BDR Tiwari says 94.14% of notices have been heard as Meghalaya prepares to publish the final electoral roll on October 26
Shillong: As many as 1,510 voters have been found ineligible for inclusion in Meghalaya’s final electoral roll following hearings conducted under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Chief Electoral Officer BDR Tiwari said on October 6.
At the same time, 19,96,297 electors have been marked for inclusion in the final electoral roll, which is scheduled to be published on October 26. Tiwari said the documents submitted by the 1,510 electors found ineligible did not meet the required criteria.
The draft electoral roll contained 21,69,243 electors, of whom notices were issued to 6,51,735 people. Of these, 6,51,391 notices have been delivered, according to election officials.
Hearings have so far been completed in 6,13,512 cases, accounting for 94.14 per cent of the notices generated during the revision exercise. Among the notices issued, 2,22,786 cases involved electors classified under the “No Mapping” category.
The Election Commission’s revision exercise is continuing, with the remaining hearings and other procedural steps to be completed before the final electoral roll is published on October 26.
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