Election Commission Flags Urban Shortfall in Enumeration During Special Voter Roll Revision

Overview

• Election Commission data show urban return rates of filled enumeration forms are much lower than in rural areas across nine states and three Union territories.
• Cities including Lucknow, Kanpur and Noida feature among the weakest responders, echoing patterns seen in Patna during Bihar’s clean-up last year.
• Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision began on November 4 in 12 states and Union territories, with draft rolls out everywhere except Uttar Pradesh.
• Assam is conducting a separate special revision, and states’ last SIR exercises from 2002–2004 are being used as cut-off references for verification.
• Tamil Nadu launched two days of special registration camps after its revision deleted about 97.37 lakh entries, with final rolls due on February 17 and correction camps on January 18.