BHUBANESWAR: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner and district election officer for Bhubaneswar, Chanchal Rana said that around 34 per cent of voters in the capital will be issued notices for logical anomalies or remaining unmapped in the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
Rana told mediapersons that out of around 7.80 lakh voters in the 2025 roll, over 2.66 lakh will be served notices for anomalies or remaining unmapped. He said the process has already been initiated and around 90,350 notices have been served. Hearing has also been conducted in more than 30,600 cases. Further, more 1.74 lakh notices will be served for hearing to ensure no eligible voters are removed from the final electoral roll to be notified in September.
BMC officials said as part of the SIR, 93,166 notices will be served in Bhubaneswar Central Assembly constituency, while 93,439 notices will be served in Bhubaneswar North Assembly constituency and 80,326 notices will be served in Ekamra Bhubaneswar assembly segment.
Around 19,000 names from the newly created Bhubaneswar district have been removed in the draft electoral roll prepared by the Election Commission following the mapping process in the first phase of the SIR.
Rana urged citizens and electors of the three Assembly segments to verify their names and particulars in the draft electoral roll, file claims and objections through their respective booth-level officers, if required, and extend cooperation to the BLOs and hearing camp staff to ensure timely finalisation of electoral roll. He further urged those who turned 18 by July 1 to enrol themselves in the electoral roll by submitting Form 6.
The CEO office has already clarified that forms for new entries and corrections will be received from the electors till August 4, while the exercise of issuing notices and their hearing will continue till September 2 to ensure inclusion of all eligible voters in the final electoral roll which will be published on September 6.
