Maharashtra SIR: Over 2 cr voters expected to be dropped from draft roll, 36 lakh in Mumbai
Thane tops the list of districts with the lowest enumeration rate with 2.86 million, or 38.41%, of its 7.45 million electors likely to be deleted.
Maharashtra anticipates that over 2 crore voters, comprising 21.16% of the 97.85 million registered electors, will be removed from the draft electoral roll. This deletion process, known as Special Intensive Revision (SIR), involved Booth Level Officers (BLOs) who were unable to identify 3.6 million (34.65%) of Mumbai's 10.39 million voters.
Thane district leads in the highest deletion rate, with 38.41% of its 7.45 million electors potentially being removed from the draft roll, which is set to be published on August 24. Chief Electoral Officer released the enumeration data on Tuesday, indicating that 77.15 million electors (78.84%) successfully completed the enumeration process during BLO visits.
The remaining 20.70 million electors were categorized as untraceable, with reasons including absence, migration, death, or duplication. Electors will have a month to file objections after the draft roll is published. Enumeration rates were higher in rural areas, while urban districts and cities had lower rates due to the high floating population and migration.
Mumbai's Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar, Colaba, Malabar Hill, and Malad West constituencies recorded low enumeration rates. The SIR, an electoral roll cleansing drive, started in Bihar in June 2022 and targeted bogus, duplicate, and ineligible voters, including deceased individuals and "illegal immigrants".
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