A little over 10 per cent of 1,39,133 applications for name inclusion in voter lists in Kancheepuram district have been rejected. The applications were received during the summary revision exercise held in October-November last year,
According to officials, 68,776 male and 70,357 female voters submitted Form 6 during the summary revision. While 9,692 applications from men were rejected, 4,698 applications received from women were not entertained.
Of the 708 form 7 (for deletion of names) applications received, 454 were considered.
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A total of 3, 947 names were removed using de-duplication software which would help weed out the existence of the same voter’s name in two different parts / constituency or in the same part / constituency, non-availability in the address, shifting etc., sources added.
The voter list released by collector V.K. Shanmugam on Monday contained 16,87,626 male, 16,87,037 female and 174 others category voters.