Delhi SIR: Over 21 lakh enumeration forms distributed in 3 days, over 63K digitised

Over 21 lakh enumeration forms were distributed across Delhi and more than 63,000 completed forms were digitised till Thursday under the door-to-door survey for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, according to official data.

The month-long survey under Phase III of the SIR began on June 30 and will continue till July 29.

A total of 21,02,079 enumeration forms were distributed over the first three days and 63,620 completed forms were digitised, the data shared by the office of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) showed.

The distribution covered 14.49 per cent of Delhi’s 1,45,10,298 registered electors, while the digitised forms accounted for 0.44 per cent of the total electorate.

Among the districts, North recorded the highest distribution at 2,15,538 forms, followed by North West at 2,52,592, South East at 1,94,654, South West at 1,89,605 and West at 1,77,339.

North led all districts with 22.13 per cent of its electors covered, followed by New Delhi at 20.94 per cent, North West at 19.78 per cent and Old Delhi at 15.40 per cent.

East recorded the lowest distribution percentage at 10.99, followed by Central at 11.53, West at 12.18 and South at 12.14.

In terms of digitisation, South West topped the list with 11,215 forms digitised, followed by West at 9,373, Outer North at 7,338, South at 5,464 and Central North at 5,124.

Percentage-wise, Outer North recorded the highest digitisation rate at 0.88, followed by South West at 0.84, West at 0.64 and Central North at 0.63.

East reported the lowest digitisation rate of 0.21 per cent and Central was a close second at 0.22 per cent.

During the SIR exercise, booth level officers (BLOs) are providing each voter with two copies of the enumeration form to fill in their details as per the last SIR conducted in 2002.

One copy of the form will remain with the voter as an acknowledgement, while the other will be collected by the BLO. No documents are required to be submitted along with the enumeration form.

The form must be filled out by every voter for their names to be included in the final electoral roll scheduled to be published on October 7.

Electors who do not submit the enumeration form will not find their names in the draft electoral roll to be published on August 5, according to the CEO’s office.