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New Delhi: The Election Commission is all set to release the final voter list of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, April 10. The list is being released after the successful completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state. The list will be released by the Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa in the state capital. It is estimated that the names of 700,000 voters will be removed from the voters list.

Sources said that the last voter list will have the names of 13.35 crore voters. The draft voters list released on January 6 had names of 12.55 crore voters. Of these 6.88 crore were male voters, while 5.67 crore were female. Now following the processing of Form 6 and 7, with various verification, which resulted in the addition of approximately 80 lakh new names and removal of 7 lakh names, the final figure is expected to reach 13.35 crore.

Notices issued to 1.04 crore people: Election Commission sources

Sources in the Election Commission said that among the names deleted from the voters list was of people whose names could not be matched with their parents or grandparents names. The Commission had issued notices to a total of 1.04 crore people, in whose details there were discrepancies.

Apart from the people who were issued notices, there were 3.18 lakh people, who themselves filled out Form 7 and requested the deletion of their names from the voters list, said sources. It is believed that most names that have been removed from the list are of people from western UP.

In the final list, the number of male voters will be more than female voters, said the Commission. Of the 86.69 lakh applications submitted under Form-6 for the inclusion of names, 43.06 lakh were from men and 43.62 lakh from women. Regarding Form-7, which is used for the deletion of names, the 3.18 lakh applications included 1.46 lakh from men and 1.31 lakh from women. Among those who were served notices by the EC, there is no major difference based on sex.

More than 86 lakh Form 6 submitted, requesting inclusion of names in voters list

Claims and objections by voters regarding names in the draft list published on January 6, were accepted till March 6. In this period, a total of 86.69 lakh people submitted Form 6, requesting inclusion of their names in the list, while 3.18 lakh submitted Form 7, requesting deletion of their names.

The EC has prepared the final list after minutely analysing all notices issued and the requests received from people. Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa will officially release this list on April 10. This list will be available at District Election Offices, at the Tehsil level, and on the Commission’s website.

How to check names in voters list

Voters have been advised to check their names on the voters list following its publication on Friday. Once released by the Commission, this list will be available on the official website of the Commission.

The document can be easily downloaded by the people and then they can open it to check their names. The SIR exercise is being seen as an important document for the upcoming electoral exercise in the state.