New Delhi: Election Fee of India (ECI) on Thursday directed the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) to finalise their preparations for the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter lists of their respective States and Union Territories, a press launch by the ECI mentioned.

The ECI’s two-day Convention of CEOs on SIR preparedness concluded on the India Worldwide Institute for Democracy and Electoral Administration (IIIDEM) in New Delhi.

The ECI additionally interacted one-on-one with the CEOs of poll-bound States and UTs, together with Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal.

Queries raised by the CEOs have been additionally clarified after the shows by senior officers of the Fee on the SIR course of.

The convention was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar within the presence of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, the press launch mentioned.

CEOs of the States and UTs from throughout the nation attended the Convention.
The Convention was a follow-up to the SIR preparedness convention held on September 10, throughout which all of the States and UTs gave detailed shows on the variety of Electors, qualifying date of final SIR and Electoral Roll of their respective State and UT as per the final accomplished SIR, the press launch mentioned.

This comes within the backdrop of CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s announcement for a nationwide SIR, after an SIR of the electoral roll within the poll-bound Bihar.

In Bihar, the overall variety of electors within the ultimate checklist stands at 7.42 crore, whereas there have been 7.89 crore electors as of June 24 this yr. A complete of 65 lakh voters have been faraway from the draft checklist. As well as, 3.66 lakh ineligible electors have been faraway from the ultimate checklist whereas 21.53 lakh eligible electors have been added by way of Type 6, taking the overall to 7.42 crore voters. (ANI)