New Delhi:
With just a week to go before Delhi goes to polls, a new survey shows that as many as 23 lakh voter names may be erroneous. This represents approximately 19 per cent of Delhi's 1.23 crore registered voters.
According to NGO Janaagraha, which conducted the survey, of these 19 per cent voters, 1 per cent were found to have died, 8 per cent were not found at their listed address, while 10 per cent had shifted.
Janaagraha had for over a month sampled 3000 voters is seven assembly constituencies over 321 booths.
It says that in areas like east Delhi where there is more migrant population, the error rate (number of incorrectly registered voters) may be as high as 19 per cent, while in more established and older colonies like Jandpura, the error rate is 10 per cent.
While admitting that its sample size was small, it says that it has made an important start in Delhi and is expected to follow up with bigger surveys.
The Bangalore-based NGO has been working since 2004 to try and weed out phantom votes.
The study comes at a time when the BJP and the Congress have accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief ministerial candidate Arvind Kejriwal of having his name in three distinct electoral lists. While the AAP says that this had been communicated to the Election Commission, it is for the poll panel to prepare accurate rolls.
According to NGO Janaagraha, which conducted the survey, of these 19 per cent voters, 1 per cent were found to have died, 8 per cent were not found at their listed address, while 10 per cent had shifted.
Janaagraha had for over a month sampled 3000 voters is seven assembly constituencies over 321 booths.
It says that in areas like east Delhi where there is more migrant population, the error rate (number of incorrectly registered voters) may be as high as 19 per cent, while in more established and older colonies like Jandpura, the error rate is 10 per cent.
While admitting that its sample size was small, it says that it has made an important start in Delhi and is expected to follow up with bigger surveys.
The Bangalore-based NGO has been working since 2004 to try and weed out phantom votes.
The study comes at a time when the BJP and the Congress have accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief ministerial candidate Arvind Kejriwal of having his name in three distinct electoral lists. While the AAP says that this had been communicated to the Election Commission, it is for the poll panel to prepare accurate rolls.
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