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PoliticsElectoral rolls

EC gives voters left off SIR draft rolls in 7 states a fresh chance to get back on

Electors marked absent, shifted, dead or duplicate in Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland can file enumeration forms before the final rolls.

From the editorial desk · New DelhiPublished
Voters check their names in an electoral roll with a poll worker (file photo)
Voters check their names in an electoral roll with a poll worker (file photo)Nilanjan Chowdhury / Wikimedia

Key points

  1. The EC opened a fresh window for electors left off draft rolls in seven SIR states.
  2. Booth-wise lists of the excluded will be displayed at polling stations and posted online.
  3. Voters can file enumeration forms on ECINET or hand them to BLOs and EROs.

The Election Commission on Friday, November 6, 2026, gave a fresh chance to electors left off the draft rolls in seven states where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is under way: Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland.

The decision covers voters who were marked absent, shifted, dead or duplicate during the revision because the enumeration forms issued to them never came back. Their names were kept out of the draft rolls, and many would have found themselves missing from the final list.

The Commission directed officials to set up a monitoring mechanism so that “no eligible elector is deprived of the opportunity to be included in the Final Electoral Roll”, while making sure no one is enrolled twice.

Booth-wise lists of the excluded electors are to be put up at polling stations, at panchayat bhawans and at urban local body offices, and posted on the websites of the chief electoral officers. Anyone whose name is on such a list can file a fresh enumeration form online through the ECINET app or website, or hand it in to the booth-level officer or the electoral registration officer. Booth-level officers have been asked to work with political party agents to trace the voters.

The move follows the Commission’s clarification on Tuesday, November 3, that electors already on earlier rolls whose names are missing from the drafts can apply under Form 6 without fear of prosecution merely for having been enrolled before. The SIR’s draft rolls have left large numbers of names out in several states, and opposition parties have accused the Commission of disenfranchising voters, a charge it rejects.

The Commission did not give a fresh deadline on Friday. Electors in the seven states will need to file before the final rolls are published.