Key insights
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Removed electors were placed in the ASD category: ECI officials said names removed from draft rolls were put in the Absent, Shifted, and Dead/Duplicate category.
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Urban enumeration form collection was reported as lower: ECI officials cited trends indicating enumeration form collection has been much less in urban areas than in rural areas in the covered States and UTs.
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ECI cited a constitutional duty on voter roll eligibility: The Election Commission said it has a constitutional duty to bar foreigners from voter rolls.
Takeaways
Phase two of the Special Intensive Revision has produced draft rolls in which 6.5 crore electors were removed across nine States and three Union Territories, with removals categorized as ASD and Uttar Pradesh alone excluding 2.89 crore names in its draft list.