NEW DELHI, Jan. 2 -- The collection of enumeration forms from electors in urban areas was "much less" as compared to rural areas in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list in nine states and three Union territories, EC officials said on Friday citing available trends.
They said most likely reason for electors not returning filled up enumeration forms is that electors are not available at home due to work or professional commitments. Constant migration was seen as anther reason behind the lower form collection.
In rural areas, the enumeration form collection by booth-level officials was much higher as compared to urban areas.
Lucknow, Kanpur, Noida were among the cities that saw "much less' form collection, officials ...