Delhi EC deploys teams to weed out bogus voters
21 Oct 2013 6:14 AM IST
Special teams comprising officials and police personnel would be deployed by DEC to identify ‘bogus’ as well as ‘non-existent voters’.
‘Special teams are being formed to check non-existent and bogus voters,’ a senior official of DEC said.
He said DEC had prepared the electoral rolls ‘very carefully’ and added that efforts will continue to ensure that bogus voters do not vote.
Referring to a survey by the Commission last year which found a whopping 15 lakh non-existent voters in Delhi, the official said every effort would be made to ensure no bogus voting took place during the December 4 Assembly elections.
DEC had conducted a door-to-door survey last year during which it found there were 15 lakh non-existent voters, including those who may have died or shifted to other places.
Over two lakh people have applied for registration as voters since last month and around 50,000 of them have filed their applications in the last one week. Following the rush for inclusion of names in the voters’ list, the commission has extended the date for accepting applications till 6 November.
According to officials, Delhi has a total of 1.15 crore registered voters and the female-male ratio stands at 804 to 1,000. Giving details of last year’s survey, DEC officials said a maximum of 56,000 non-existent voters were found in Karawal constituency, followed by 46,000 in Matiala and 41,000 in Uttam Nagar.
‘Special teams are being formed to check non-existent and bogus voters,’ a senior official of DEC said.
He said DEC had prepared the electoral rolls ‘very carefully’ and added that efforts will continue to ensure that bogus voters do not vote.
Referring to a survey by the Commission last year which found a whopping 15 lakh non-existent voters in Delhi, the official said every effort would be made to ensure no bogus voting took place during the December 4 Assembly elections.
DEC had conducted a door-to-door survey last year during which it found there were 15 lakh non-existent voters, including those who may have died or shifted to other places.
Over two lakh people have applied for registration as voters since last month and around 50,000 of them have filed their applications in the last one week. Following the rush for inclusion of names in the voters’ list, the commission has extended the date for accepting applications till 6 November.
According to officials, Delhi has a total of 1.15 crore registered voters and the female-male ratio stands at 804 to 1,000. Giving details of last year’s survey, DEC officials said a maximum of 56,000 non-existent voters were found in Karawal constituency, followed by 46,000 in Matiala and 41,000 in Uttam Nagar.
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