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AHMEDABAD: o'er 7.37 jillion names feature been deleted in gujerat’s outline electoral roll released at the end of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) carried out in the state, chief electoral officer Harit Shukla said in a statement on Friday.Gujarat’s electoral roll now has 43.4 million voters, compared with 5.08 million before the exercise began on October 27, he said.The names were excluded after enumeration forms were not received from these persons despite repeated verification and coordination with Booth Level Agents and political party representatives.Door-to-door verification was conducted to identify deceased voters, those who had permanently migrated, voters registered at multiple places, and those not traceable during the survey, the statement said.Shukla said enumeration forms were fully digitised.“Of the 73,73,327 names deleted, 18,07,278 belonged to deceased voters, 40,25,553 to voters who had permanently shifted, 9,69,662 to absent voters, 3,81,470 to duplicate registrations and 1,89,364 to other categories,” it said.Voters can file claims and objections for inclusion, correction or deletion of names till January 18, 2026. Election authorities will verify and dispose of all claims and objections by February 10, 2026, after issuing notices and hearing the concerned voters. The final electoral roll will be published on February 17, 2026.The draft electoral roll has been published at all polling stations, designated locations and on the Chief Electoral Officer’s website. Copies have also been provided to recognised political parties along with lists of voters whose enumeration forms were not received, as per the media statement.The exercise involved 33 District Election Officers, 182 Electoral Registration Officers, 855 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, 50,963 Booth Level Officers, 54,443 Booth Level Agents and 30,833 volunteers, Shukla said.

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