13848 electors removed from Meghalaya electoral rolls

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJanuary 5, 2023

Out of a total number of 21,61,129 electors in Meghalaya, two persons have registered themselves as transgender or others.

This is as per electoral Rolls for the Special Summary Revision of 2023 published on 5th January, this year. The SSR-2023 commenced on 9th November, last with the State Level Launch of the Draft Publication of Electoral Rolls across the State.

The numbers of males electors of 10,68,801 is less than the female electors of 10,92,326 besides 3844 service electors.

Further there are 63763 new electors who applied for enrolment through Form 6 during the just concluded Special Summary Revision exercise of 2023.

However, post hearing of the claims & objection, there was a net increase of 49915, which is the total net additions.

Overall there is a net increase of 2.36 % in the current electorate over the draft rolls as on 9.11.2022.

Purity of the Electoral Roll is a major focus for the ECI and factoring this aspect, 13848 electors were removed from the Electoral Rolls on account of reasons such as death, shifting of address etc.

During the summary revision, 40700 Elector’s particulars were also corrected in this Revision. The whole SSR process has been guided by the principles of ensuring purity, health, inclusiveness, integrity and transparency in the entire exercise.

Periodic meetings were held at both the CEO level and at the level of DCs with all political parties to ensure transparency in the overall SSR process. Inclusiveness was given a special focus, as an outcome the number of People with Disabilities (PwDs) enrolled stands at 7478.

Against the 2018 figures, the total electorate registered an increase of 18%, with 4,29,062 new electors being added from 2018. Currently the EP Ratio stands at 64.53%, Gender Ratio is 1022, and enrolment of 18-19 age groups is currently at 81,443.

In comparison to 3083 polling stations in 2018, the total number of polling stations has increased to 3482 polling stations.