SIR: EC gives deleted electors one more chance to submit enumeration forms

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 7, 2026: The Election Commission has given voters whose names were deleted from draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) another opportunity to submit enumeration forms and explain why they could not do so earlier.

The move comes amid questions raised in the Supreme Court over the requirement for deleted voters to submit Form 6 to get their names restored to the electoral rolls.

The opportunity applies to 4,51,76,997 voters whose names were deleted under the categories of “Absent, Shifted, Deceased and Duplicate” (ASDD) in seven states: Maharashtra (2.06 crore), Telangana (73.39 lakh), Delhi (47.56 lakh), Andhra Pradesh (44.89 lakh), Jharkhand (43.61 lakh), Haryana (33.83 lakh) and Nagaland (1.57 lakh). The final electoral rolls of these states are yet to be published.

Voters whose names were deleted but who have not shifted their residence can submit a pre-filled enumeration form along with a statement explaining why they could not submit it earlier. The documents can be handed over to the concerned election official either personally or through family members.

Those who have shifted their residence within the state but whose names do not appear in the draft electoral roll need not submit Form 8. Instead, they can submit the enumeration form along with a statement mentioning their new address, Assembly constituency and address proof.

The Election Commission, in a letter to the Chief Electoral Officers of the seven states, clarified that voters who have already submitted Form 6 for inclusion need not submit the enumeration form and statement again. Their applications will be processed as per the prescribed procedure.

The decision follows a Supreme Court hearing on October 28 on a petition filed by activists Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri regarding voter deletions during the SIR exercise in Delhi. The court had questioned why deleted voters were being asked to use Form 6 for re-inclusion and why Form 8 could not be used instead.

Bhardwaj and Johri had also written to the Election Commission, urging it to implement the Supreme Court’s observations.

The EC has directed that booth-wise lists of ASDD voters whose enumeration forms were not returned be displayed again on polling station notice boards. The lists must also be uploaded to the respective Chief Electoral Officers’ websites in a readable PDF format, along with probable reasons for their exclusion from the draft rolls.

Partially filled enumeration forms of these voters will be generated afresh on the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) dashboard through ECINET.

The letter further directed District Electoral Officers and EROs to make every effort to contact the affected voters through Booth Level Officers and ensure that enumeration forms reach them either physically or through WhatsApp, email or SMS, wherever contact details are available.

Voters can also download and fill in their enumeration forms through the Election Commission’s website or the ECINET app by entering the same EPIC number they held before their names were deleted.