2025 local body polls: State Election Commission receives over 12 lakh applications in 12 days for including names on voters' list
Till 3 p.m. Monday, the commission has received 12,41,134 applications in Form 4, the form for including names on the list. The highest number of applications has been filed in Malappuram and Thrissur. The commission has also received 6,196 Form 6 applications for making corrections, 61,390 Form 7 applications for transposition - moving a voter to another ward.
As per the latest updates, 77,700 applications have been filed raising objections to inclusion of names.
The hearings on the applications, a mammoth task given the large number, are also progressing at the ward level.
When publishing the draft electoral rolls on July 23, the commission had set August 7 as the deadline for enrolment applications and filing complaints. However, political parties including the Congress-led United Democratic Front, had demanded an extension of the deadline, citing numerous flaws in the draft.
The commission is yet to decide whether to extend the deadline or not. State Election commission A. Shajahan Mr. Shajahan said it will look into the demand on August 6, when a review is planned on the ongoing electoral roll revision. According to him, the huge inflow of enrolment applications was quite normal for pre-election summary revisions, compared to revisions held between two elections.
The draft electoral roll published by the commission on July 23 ahead of its revision for the local body elections had 2,66,78,256 voters including 1,40,45,837 women, 1,26,32,186 men, and 233 transgender voters.
The commission had announced plans to publish the final list on August 30.
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