Manipur Electoral Roll Update: Over 6% of Voters Excluded in Final Count

In a significant development, electoral registration officials in Manipur released the final photo electoral rolls for all 60 Assembly constituencies on Sunday. This announcement comes as part of a special intensive revision process aimed at updating the state’s voter list.

The final count of registered voters in Manipur now stands at 1,960,620, reflecting a notable decrease from the preliminary draft list published earlier, which had 2,093,076 voters. This reduction translates to an exclusion rate of approximately 6.33%, indicating that over 132,000 voters were removed from the rolls.

The Chief Electoral Officer of Manipur explained that a significant contributor to this drop was the exclusion of 158,677 voters whose enumeration forms were not returned. The draft electoral rolls, which included 1,934,399 voters, were initially made public on July 5. Within this draft, 1,843,221 voters were categorized as either self-mapped or as dependents of registered voters, while 91,178 remained unmapped.

In an effort to rectify discrepancies in voter data, authorities issued notices to the unmapped voters and an additional 1,130,655 voters flagged with “logical discrepancies.” These discrepancies often include mismatches in parental names, small age gaps between parents and their children, or instances where parents were recorded as having more than six children.

From July 5 to August 4, a remarkable 96,000 claims and objections were submitted concerning the electoral rolls. Following a thorough review of these submissions, a total of 56,871 voters were added back into the final voter count. This process underscores the importance of transparency and accuracy in the electoral system, ensuring that every eligible citizen has the opportunity to participate in the democratic process.

Source: scroll.in