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#Assam : After Special SR , Election Commission Publishes Final Voter List , Over 2.43 Lakh Names Deleted From Draft Rolls

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After a Special Revision (SR), the Election Commission published the final voters list for poll-bound Assam , with over 2.43 lakh names deleted from the draft roll.

At the end of claims and objections, the final roll has been published with a total of 2.49 crore voters, a decrease of 0.97 percent from the draft roll, a statement issued by the office of the Assam Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.

The final electoral roll comprises nearly 1.25 crore men, over 1.24 crore women and 343 third gender voters.

In the final list, over 2.43 lakh names were deleted from the draft roll, according to the statement. The draft list, published on December 27 last year, had 2.52 crore enrolled voters.

The statement added that, as per the appeal mechanism, any decision by an electoral registration officer can be appealed to the district magistrate within 15 days, with a second appeal available to the CEO within 30 days.

The Assam assembly elections are due in a few months, which will be held on the basis of this list. The draft roll during the SR process had registered a 1.35 per cent increase from the previous final roll published in January 2025.

During the SR exercise, 4,78,992 deceased electors and 5,23,680 shifted electors were identified. Another 53,619 multiple entries were identified. The changes based on these were reflected only in the final roll, published after end of claims and objections process.

Eligible voters, whose names were deleted from the final roll on the grounds of having “permanently shifted”, can apply for inclusion of their names under a provision of the Representation of the People (RP) Act, 1950.

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