EC data show percentage of ‘uncollectable’ SIR forms varies widely between districts

IT stressed that the list of uncollectable forms along with the reasons such as Absent, Permanently Shifted, Dead or Duplicate will be finalised only after December 11, the last date of the enumeration phase.

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The data accessed by TNIE, meanwhile, showed that the percentage of forms that remained uncollectable varied widely between districts as of Wednesday, with Ariyalur having the lowest of 4.3% (around 23,000) of its total electors of 5.31 lakh and a whopping 31.78% (12.73 lakh), nearly one out of every three electors, of the total of 40.05 lakh electors in Chennai. The capital district was followed by Chengalpattu where 20.7% (5.78 lakh) of forms remained "uncollectable"