The Election Commission has reiterated that no deletion of any vote can be done online by any individual from the public. The Commission said, there has been no wrongful deletion of electors in Aland, Karnataka.

It said, an FIR was registered by the authority of ECI itself in 2023 against suspicious attempt of deletions. The Poll Body said, although elector of the constituency can fill Form 7 online to apply for deletion of an entry from that particular constituency, it does not mean that the entry gets automatically deleted merely by submitting the Form 7.

It said, as per Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, no name is deleted from the roll without issuing a notice to the affected person and giving him an opportunity of being heard.

The Commission said, in the case of Aland, six thousand 18 applications in Form 7 for deletion were submitted online. On verification, only 24 applications were found to be genuine, while five thousand 994 were found to be incorrect.

Accordingly, 24 applications were accepted. It said, suspecting the genuineness of such a large number of applications for deletion, an inquiry was conducted and subsequently an FIR was registered by Electoral Registration Officer, Aland.

In the case of Rajura in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, a total of seven thousand 792 applications for new voter registration were received. On verification, six thousand 861 applications were found invalid and got rejected.

Suspecting the genuineness of such a large number of applications for addition, an inquiry was conducted by Electoral Registration Officer, Rajura and FIR was registered.