As many as 1,510 voters have been found ineligible for inclusion in Meghalaya’s final electoral roll following hearings under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Chief Electoral Officer BDR Tiwari said on October 6.
Tiwari said nearly 20 lakh electors had been cleared for inclusion in the final roll, which is scheduled to be published on October 26.
The CEO said the documents submitted by the 1,510 electors found ineligible were not in order. The draft electoral roll contained 21,69,243 electors, of whom notices were generated for 6,51,735 people and 6,51,391 notices were delivered.
Hearings have been completed in 6,13,512 cases, accounting for 94.14 per cent of the notices generated. So far, 19,96,297 electors have been marked for inclusion in the final roll.
Of the notices issued, 2,22,786 were related to electors classified under the “No Mapping” category. The final electoral roll is expected to be published on October 26 after completion of the revision process.
