Kumari Palany & Co

7, 30,000 people had applied for electoral cards

Posted on: 13/Sep/2016 2:37:00 PM
The first special camp for inclusion of new voters and deletion of names in the voter list was conducted on Sunday at various centres in Tamil Nadu
 
The second and final special camp will be conducted on September 25 for inclusion of voters who complete 18 years as on January 1, 2017. It was also announced that people can apply online at www.elections.tn.go.in
 
The Form 6 for the enrolment of names afresh, Form 7 for the deletion of names, Form 8 for making other corrections and Form 8A for the change of address were provided to the voters at the special camps.
 
Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Lakhoni said: The first special camp for inclusion of new voters and deletion of names in the voter list was conducted on Sunday at various centres in Tamil Nadu. 5, 77,675 people had applied for inclusion of names through form 6, 19,852 people had submitted Form 7 for deletion of  names. 86,988 people have submitted Form 8 for correction and 45,577 people have submitted Form 8 for change of address. 48,616 people have applied for enrolment in Kancheepuram District and 39,518 people have applied in Kovai District. Only 3952 people had applied in Nilgiris District. In a single day 7, 30,000 people had applied through online and special camp.