Haryana has over 1.66 crore voters

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Oct 15 2015 | 4:57 PM IST
Haryana now has over 1.66 crore voters of which 89,79,784 are men and 77,16,283 are women electors.
Chief Electoral Officer of Haryana Shrikant Walgad today said that The total number of voters in Haryana is 1,66,96,067.
He said that as per the directions of the Election Commission of India, special summary revision of electoral rolls of all the 90 Assembly constituencies in Haryana was being done with reference to January 1, 2016 as the qualifying date.
Walgad said that in order to facilitate people, the draft electoral rolls have been made available with all Booth Level Officers (BLOs) where people could check the rolls and ensure that voters' lists are accurate and names of ineligible voters' have been removed.
"If name of any eligible voter has not been included in the draft list then they could contact the concerned BLO from October 25 to November 8, 2015 with required form duly filled in all respect," he said.
On these days, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) would be available on their respective booths.
Walgad said that reading of relevant part or section of Photo Electoral Rolls in Gram Sabha or Local Bodies and RWA meeting and verification of names would be done on October 20 and 28, 2015.
Special campaign dates for receiving claims and objections would be October 25 and November 8, 2015.
Disposal of claims and objections would take place by December 7, 2015 whereas updation of database would be done by December 24, 2015.
Final publication of electoral rolls would take place on January 11, 2016, he said.
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First Published: Oct 15 2015 | 4:57 PM IST

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