India - Delete or Remove Name from Voter List or Electoral Roll

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. If a voter dies or a voter ID holder shifts to a new address (In the same constituency or different constituency), then the voter registration should be cancelled.
2. In order to delete the name from the voter's list, applicant or kin of deceased shall reach nearest Electoral Registration Office to apply.
3. Go to the office.
4. Please collect a copy of “Form-7”, for deletion of name from voter’s list OR you can download it online
5. Use the following link to download the form. Online link for “Form-7” (Hindi / English) Link please click “Download this file” button to get prompt. Please click the “Download” button next to the preferred language to get the form and Link Download form 7.
6. The form has all the necessary guidelines for filling it in. Complete the application form with correct details. Attach required documents as per our required document section. Submit them to the receiving officer.
7. On receiving the application, an acknowledgement will be issued in the form of an application reference number, which can be used to track the application status.
8. This application will be processed internally to make necessary changes as per department protocol.
9. The details will be removed from the voter list accordingly.

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Required Documents

• Application form in “FORM 7”.
• Death certificate of the deceased.
• Copy of Voter ID
• Aadhaar card of the applicant
• Ration card if required

Office Locations & Contacts

Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi,
Old St. Stephen College Building Kashmere Gate,
Delhi 110006, india.
Ph: 23977130
Email: [email protected]
For contact details Link

Eligibility

• Kin of the deceased can apply
• Valid voter ID card holder who shifted to a new address shall apply.

Fees

• Please pay as authorities quote.

Validity

Once the removal of name from voter list is accomplished the procedure is completed thus the name of the deceased voter is removed from the voter list.

Documents to Use

• Online link for “Form-7” (Hindi / English) Link please click “Download this file” button to get prompt. Please click the “Download” button next to the preferred language to get the form and Link Download form 7.

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• Once the application is accepted, department will process the application to reflect the changes in the voter list.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

• Name of the deceased
• Sex
• Kin/Applicant name
• Mobile number
• email ID
• Voter ID number

Need for the Document

• Deletion or removal of name from the voter list of the deceased should be applied by the kin to make respective update in the voter list.

Information which might help

• A person cannot be enrolled as a voter in more than one place in the same constituency or in more than one constituency in view of the provisions contained under Sec. 17 and 18 of R. P. Act, 1950.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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Others

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