Over 4.8 Lac Apply For New Voter Registration, Final Electoral Rolls On January 6: Delhi CEO

Amid the war of words over deletion and addition of votes between AAP and BJP in Delhi, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, in a statement stated that it has received over 4.8 lakh applications for new voter registration and over 80 thousand applications for vote deletion, after November 28 to present date adding that a final electoral roll to be published on January 6.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

The poll panel had carried out a house-to-house verification during the pre-revision period from August 20 to October 18 and the draft electoral rolls were published on October 29, inviting the public to file claims and objections.

As per the statement, the poll body after the publishing of draft electoral rolls has so far received 4,85,624 applications for new registration of voters under Form 6, another 82,450 applications for deletion of voters under Form 7, and 1,71,385 applications for modifications under Form 8.