Final voter list will be out on January 5, 2022; BMC also submits draft ward boundaries to SEC
All claims and objections should be settled by Dec 20 this year, after which final voters’ list will be published
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) submitted the draft of ward boundaries for the upcoming civic elections in 2022 to the State Election Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. The civic body is also greasing up to facilitate voter registration as a brief revision of the voters’ list is set to take place in the coming months. Citizens who will be 18 years of age by January 1, 2022, will be able to register on www.nvsp.in and www.ceo.maharashtra.nic.in from November 1 to 30.
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As part of its boundary exercise, BMC checked the physical status of buildings and slums and mapped them on the electoral maps. Now that the draft has been submitted, the SEC will publish it in the public domain or ask BMC to do the same to invite suggestions or objections by the citizens. After this, a lottery will be held for the 227 electoral wards to decide which ward is reserved and which one remains open. Meanwhile, leaders from the BJP have written to the authority to hold the suggestions and objections at the earliest saying the BMC has drafted the ward maps in a hurry under pressure from the ruling Shiv Sena.
Further, the Election Commission of India will conduct a brief revision of the voters’ list, allowing citizens aged 18 and above to register in the relevant constituency. The revision will also allow correction of names and addresses, removal of duplicate and identical entries, deletion of names of deceased and migrants as well as filing of objections and claims. All the claims and objections are set to be settled by December 20 this year, following which the final voters’ list will be published on January 5, 2022.
According to the directions of the SEC, voter registration awareness campaigns should be held through various media through BMC’s election department. “All citizens concerned of Mumbai, on 1st November 2021, make sure that your name is included in the draft voter list of the Assembly to be published by the Election Commission of India. If there is no name, name should be registered. If there is a wrong name and address, it should be corrected.
Citizens can exercise their fundamental right to vote only if the correct name is in the electoral roll. Every citizen who has completed 18 years of age on January 1, 2022 should register his name in the electoral roll and help in increasing the average turnout by voting in the upcoming elections,” read a press statement issued by the BMC.
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