Total number of voters decline by 49,422
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, October 27 2023:
The State's total number of voters has declined by 49,422 since January this year.
As per the schedule fixed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the draft photo electoral rolls of all the 60 Assembly Constituencies of the State were published today by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) concerned.
Speaking at a press meet held at his office at Lamphelpat today, Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur Pradeep Kumar Jha said that the total number of electors as per the draft electoral rolls is 20,08,432 showing a net decrease of 49,422 electors from the final electoral roll 2023 which was 20,57,854 .
As per the draft electoral rolls 2024, gender ratio stands at 1066 as compared to 1068 in the final electoral rolls, 2023 published on January 5, 2023.The elector-population ratio is recorded at 55.04 per cent as compared to 57.35% in the previous rolls.
Polling stations have also been rationalized during the pre-revision period by District Election Officers (DEOs) through field verification by EROs and in consultation with political parties.
No new polling station was created while 17 polling stations have been shifted to better locations.
The total number of polling stations remains at 2,955, PK Jha said.
Jha informed that the Special Summary Revision with January 1, 2024 as the qualifying date starts from today with the publication of the draft electoral roll.
Publication of integrated draft electoral roll is on 27.10.2023 .
Period for filing claims and objections falls on 27.10.2023 to 09.12.2023 and special campaign dates are 04.11.2023, 05.11.2023, 02.12.2023 and 03.12.2023.The disposal of claims and objections will be on 26.12.2023 and the final publication of electoral roll will be on 05.01.2024 .
During this period, one can enrol, delete, make corrections and apply for shifting of his/her name in the electoral roll.
Application forms may be submitted to the Electoral Registration Officers, Assistant Electoral Registration Officers and Booth Level Officers through physical forms.
Application forms may also be submitted online at https://voters.eci.gov.in and Voter Helpline Mobile App, the CEO said.
He said youngsters who would become eligible for enrolment by 1st January, 2024 as qualifying date and subsequent qualifying dates of the year i.e.1st April 2024, 1st July 2024, and 1st October 2024 can submit their claims in Form-6 in advance.
In order to enrol more young voters in the electoral rolls, intensive activities will be taken up in educational institutions, universities and colleges during the revision period, the CEO said.
He added that electoral literacy clubs will be activated, special camps will be organized in schools/colleges/universities to create awareness and facilitate registration of prospective voters in the electoral rolls.
Special drives will also be undertaken to facilitate Internally Displaced People to enrol their names in the electoral rolls.
Special campaigns will be conducted in relief camps to facilitate enrolment of the eligible voters and make the people aware of the importance of voting, Jha said.
Ahead of the press meet, the CEO held a meeting with the representatives of all political parties on special summary revision - 2024 .
He said that the general public/electors and the representatives of political parties may inspect/verify the draft photo electoral rolls at the offices of the Electoral Registration Officers/Assistant Electoral Registration Officers and with all the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and they may also visit Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur's website https://ceomanipur.nic.in to inspect the draft photo electoral rolls.
Today, the CEO also flagged off a mobile publicity/awareness van and a pledge was taken to uphold the democratic traditions of the country and the dignity of free, fair and peaceful elections and to vote in every election fearlessly.
The mobile publicity van was launched by CEO Manipur in collaboration with Manipur Innovation Society (MIS).
The CEO also appealed to all eligible citizens to come forward and enrol their names in the electoral rolls, and sought their active participation in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election.
N Praveen Singh, Addl.
CEO, Manipur; Ramananda Nongmeikapam, Joint CEO, Manipur; top officials and staff of the Chief Electoral Officer attended the press meet.
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