Ranchi: Digitisation of applications under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls crossed the 14 lakh mark on Friday, with 8,246 applications added to the tally in a day, according to data released by the office of the chief electoral officer on Saturday.The cumulative count rose to 14,01,009 from 13,92,763 till Thursday. The latest additions included 5,612 Form-6 applications for new enrolment, 266 Form-7 applications and objections seeking deletion of names, and 2,368 Form-8 applications for corrections or shifting of entries. No new Form-6A application for overseas electors was digitised on Friday.Form-6 applications accounted for the bulk of the digitised forms, taking the cumulative total to 8,43,064. Form-8 applications stood at 5,35,868, while Form-7 applications and objections totalled 21,958. Form-6A remained unchanged at 119.The figures were released as the claims and objections window approaches its Oct 31 deadline. The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on Nov 30. Electors can submit applications for fresh enrolment, deletion-related action, correction of details or shifting of entries till Oct 31.The latest bulletin, however, provides only digitisation figures and does not indicate the number of applications disposed of, hearings completed or cases pending.CEO K Ravi Kumar said the figures for notices issued over discrepancies and cases disposed of after hearings were also being digitised. “A clear picture will emerge in another seven to eight days, tentatively by Oct 26,” he said.
