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    56 cr have linked Aadhaar with electoral rolls: EC

    EC officials said between 55 and 56 crore voters have shared their Aadhaar details with poll authorities for linkage with the electoral roll.

    56 cr have linked Aadhaar with electoral rolls: EC
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    NEW DELHI: Nearly 56 crore of the approximately 95 crore registered voters have linked their Aadhaar details with the electoral rolls, an exercise the government and the Election Commission believe would weed out duplicate entries from the voters list.

    EC officials said between 55 and 56 crore voters have shared their Aadhaar details with poll authorities for linkage with the electoral roll.

    The Representation of the People Act was amended in December last year to pave way for voluntary linkage of Aadhaar and voter list details.

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