Meghalaya’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has detected two foreigners in Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills district, whose names have been removed from the electoral roll, while 406 duplicate voter entries have also been identified across the state.
Chief Electoral Officer B.D.R. Tiwari on Monday said 2,641 electors had been found ineligible for inclusion in the final electoral roll, as the state completed more than 95 per cent of hearings on notices issued during the revision.
The revision also identified 406 duplicate entries, which Tiwari described as dual voters. North Garo Hills accounted for 113 cases, East Garo Hills 63, West Garo Hills 64, East Khasi Hills 37, West Khasi Hills 35 and Eastern West Khasi Hills 27.
Of the 21,69,243 electors in the draft electoral roll, the authorities generated 6,51,735 notices, including 2,22,786 cases involving no mapping and 4,28,949 cases involving mapping discrepancies.
Hearings had been completed in 6,21,399 cases, representing 95.35 per cent of the notices issued.
