EC Reports Low Urban Returns in Special Voter Roll Revision

Overview

• The Election Commission’s Jan. 2 trend review shows enumeration form returns in cities lagging far behind rural areas across nine states and three Union territories.
• Booth-level officials recorded much higher collection rates in rural pockets than in urban neighborhoods.
• Lucknow, Kanpur and Noida posted particularly weak returns, echoing patterns earlier observed in cities such as Patna.
• Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision began on November 4 in 12 states and Union territories, and draft rolls are out in all except Uttar Pradesh.
• Assam is running a separate special revision, and the exercise is intended to identify foreign illegal migrants through place-of-birth verification.