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During Tamil Nadu’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, more than 12.8 lakh voters submitted Forms 6 and 6A to include their names. The draft roll reduced 97.37 lakh names, bringing the total electorate to 5.43 crore. Over 32,000 voters sought deletion.
Over 12.8 Lakh Voters Submit Forms in TN Special Intensive Revision
Chennai: The period for claims and objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Tamil Nadu ends tomorrow on 18 January. During this period, more than 1.28 million voters have submitted Forms 6 and 6A requesting inclusion in the list.
This period began on 19 December, when the draft electoral roll was published after the voter enrolment phase. Approximately 9.73 million voters were removed during the SIR, reducing the total voter count in the state from 64.1 million to 54.3 million. Additionally, more than 32,000 forms were submitted by voters seeking deletion.
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The state's six national and six state parties have a total of 27.2 million Booth Level Agents (BLAs). Of these, the DMK, AIADMK, and BJP each have over 60,000 agents. Despite this, the parties filed only a little over a hundred applications for adding or deleting names from the draft list.
According to sources, BLAs were authorized to submit forms, but they mostly assisted voters as the process was considered relatively simple.
The DMK's IT wing deployed approximately 68,000 BLAs and an equal number of Booth Digital Agents (BDAs). These agents helped voters at the booth level find their names in the 2002 and 2005 SIR rolls and fill out the forms.
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The AIADMK also supported the list revision process and appointed several functionaries at the district and constituency levels. The party's BLAs carried out extensive work at the booth level during the enumeration phase and after the draft list was prepared. Party workers at various levels organized coordination meetings to ensure that all voters were included in their lists.
Both major parties contributed to a clean and organized final list by helping voters find their names and fill out the correct forms. This process ensured voters' right to vote was protected.
