Over 1.3 lakh names faraway from electoral roll: Assam govt

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The Assam authorities on Monday mentioned names of over 1.3 lakh individuals have been deleted from the lately printed electoral roll. In a written reply to a question from Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed, Election Minister Keshab Mahanta mentioned the deleted names primarily comprise those that have shifted completely or are lifeless voters.
The minister mentioned a complete of 1,31,859 names had been deleted from the photograph electoral roll after the draft record was printed on November 18 this yr.
He mentioned that as per the Registration of ELectors Rules, 1960, the Electoral Registration Officer can strike off names of lifeless individuals or of individuals not resident of a specific constituency earlier than the ultimate publication of the voter record.

On November 18, the draft electoral rolls for the 126 meeting constituencies in Assam had been printed, containing 2.24 crore voters, together with 1.17 lakh first-timers.
The draft record, nonetheless, witnessed a rise of 76,020 electors from the final last roll printed on February 14 this yr.
The election to the 126-member Assam Assembly is probably going in March-April of subsequent yr.
The 2016 elections gave a fractured mandate and no occasion has an absolute majority within the present meeting.
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