2.08 crore Maharashtra voters may be left out of the August 24 SIR draft roll

Over half of Maharashtra's 2.07 crore voters are at risk of being left off the draft electoral roll for the August 24 elections, according to a detailed breakdown by the Chief Electoral Officer's office. The main reasons for uncollectable forms include voters being dead, permanently shifted, duplicate, or simply untraceable. These issues are particularly prominent in large urban districts like Thane, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Pune, Nagpur, Palghar, and Raigad, where over 90% of uncollected forms are concentrated.

Rural districts, however, show lower uncollectable rates. The enumeration process, which ran from June 30 to August 17, saw 78.85% of the electorate submitting filled forms. Voters who do not appear on the draft roll will have one month to seek inclusion or correction, with eligible voters able to apply until October 27.