In Shorts
- Assam’s Election Commission releases a revised draft voter list with 2.51 crore electors after removing more than 10 lakh names.
- Deletions occurred due to deaths, relocation and duplicate or inconsistent entries identified through house-to-house checks.
- Citizens can file claims or objections until January 22 before the final electoral roll is formally published.
GUWAHATI: The Election Commission of India has unveiled the updated draft electoral rolls for Assam following an extensive special revision exercise, removing over 10.56 lakh entries from the state’s voter database as it prepares for assembly elections scheduled in the coming months.
According to the official integrated draft published on Saturday, Assam’s voter count now stands at approximately 2.51 crore electors, excluding nearly 93,000 doubtful voters categorized as D-Voters who remain on the list but without voting rights.
The deletions emerged from a strictly supervised house-to-house verification process that ran from November 22 to December 20. Booth Level Officers visited more than 61 million households across the state to assess the accuracy of existing records.
Of the more than 10 lakh names removed, around 4,78,992 were deleted due to the deaths of registered electors, while 5,23,680 voters were found to have shifted residences from the addresses they were enrolled at. In addition, 53,619 duplicate or demographically similar entries were identified and corrected or deleted to improve data integrity.
Officials involved in the exercise included District Election Officers, Electoral Registration Officers and nearly 30,000 Booth Level Officers, supported by over 61,000 Booth Level Agents deployed by political parties to observe and assist during the revision.
The Election Commission has now opened a claims and objections window until January 22, allowing citizens whose names have been removed to present evidence or challenge discrepancies. After this period, the final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on February 10.
This special revision in Assam was ordered independently even as a wider Special Intensive Revision proceeds across other states set for polls, including Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The ongoing effort seeks to build a more precise and error-free electoral register before elections begin.
Election authorities emphasise that the revision aims to ensure eligible citizens are enrolled, clerical errors are corrected, and inappropriate entries are removed, strengthening the credibility of the voter list ahead of the polling season.
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