Port Blair, Nov. 8: The Election Commission of India has ordered a Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll – 2023 with reference to 01.01.2023 as the age qualifying date. The Summary Revision for Parliamentary Electoral Roll will commence from Nov.9, 2022 with the publication of Draft Electoral Roll -2023.
Claims & Objections, if any, should either be presented with concerned Designated Officers/Booth Level Officers at all designed Polling Stations or sent by post to the Electoral Registration Officer, A&N Islands Parliamentary Constituency or concerned Assistant Electoral Registration Officer or though ‘Voter helpline App’ a mobile app, websites at the given link https://www.nvsp.in or https:// voterportal.eci.gov.in , so as to reach not later than Dec.8, 2022. List of claims & objections filed by the citizen will be published on the CEO’s website – www.ceoandaman.nic.in.
Already enrolled electors may link their Aadhaar Number in electoral roll by applying through Form 6B. Correction of entries in elector details, or change of address, or request for issue of Voter ID Card can be made through Form-8. The electoral roll shall be finally published on 5th January’ 2023. All the electors who have shifted their residence have been requested to apply in Form-8 from their current residential address where ordinarily residing for enrolling their name in current address. Form-8 can also be used for change of photograph in the Electoral Roll. Electors have been requested to come forward for updating their mobile number in the Electoral Roll through Form-8.
Further, it is expected from family members and other electors of a locality to fill Form -7 for those who have migrated to mainland or expired but their name still exists in the Electoral Roll. Such information is very crucial for purification of Electoral Roll.
In addition to the qualifying date of 01.01.2023, an eligible Citizen, who is going to attain the age of eighteen years on any of the subsequent qualifying dates in the year 2023, that is to say, the 1st April, 2023, the 1st July, 2023, or the 1st October, 2023, may also file his or her claim for inclusion of his or her name in the Electoral Roll, in Form-6, in advance, and the same shall be considered and decided in the respective quarter of the year with reference to the respective qualifying date.