The Election Commission on Sunday published Odisha's draft electoral rolls after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with the names of more than 20 lakh people removed from the voter list.
Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan said the state had 3.33 crore registered voters when the electoral roll was frozen on 20 May.
Following the enumeration exercise conducted between 30 May and 28 June, the draft electoral roll now has 3.13 crore voters, comprising 1.60 crore men, 1.53 crore women and 2,775 third-gender voters, he said.
According to the CEO, of the more than 20 lakh names deleted from the rolls, 8.32 lakh belonged to people who had died, 10.07 lakh were of voters who had shifted elsewhere or remained absent during the exercise, and 1.58 lakh were found to be registered at multiple locations.
He added that around 14,000 voters did not return their enumeration forms to booth-level officers (BLOs) during the exercise.
"The voters, whose names were not there in the draft electoral roll, can submit their claim or objection either through the BLO or through the ECINET mobile app or voters.eci.gov.in," Gopalan told reporters.
He said claims and objections can be filed until 4 August, while the final electoral roll will be published on 6 September.
"If someone's name does not feature in the draft voter list, the person needs to fill up a form and submit it to poll authorities along with a declaration form and other documents," the CEO said.
Claims and objections will be accepted from 5 July to 4 August, after which 147 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and 994 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) will scrutinise the applications by 2 September.
If required, additional officers will be deployed to ensure all claims and objections are disposed of within the prescribed timeline, Gopalan said.
(With inputs from PTI)
