Electoral rolls

Latest reporting on Electoral rolls (topic): 9 stories, most recently on 17 October 2026. Source-linked and updated as new reports are published.

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1. Hyderabad wedding turns unlikely stage for SIR protest

   A leader of AIMIM turned a wedding performance in Hyderabad into a protest against SIR, voicing concerns over voter deletions and notices issued to people whose details were mapped against 2002 records.

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

2. West Bengal SIR: Supreme Court mulls having tribunals first hear deleted voters seeking re-inclusion

   The Court suggested lakhs of voters seeking inclusion in the West Bengal electoral roll should be heard first, while appeals for exclusion are taken up last

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

3. Omar Abdullah welcomes SC intervention in voter-list deletions

   Says INDIA bloc will continue to protest over electoral roll issues; rules out UCC in J&K, opposes deportation of Rohingyas

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-16

4. By withdrawing objections, BJP admitted to misusing SIR process, says Satish Jarkiholi

   “Across the State, BJP workers are withdrawing the objections that they had filed against the inclusion of eligible voters under the Election Commission (EC) of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-16

5. Delhi SIR: High Court Allows Voters Whose Names Were Deleted From Electoral Rolls To Apply Through Form 6, Finds Apprehension 'Misplaced'

   The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition filed by two voters whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls after they could not complete the enumeration process during the Special Intensive...

   Elections · LiveLaw · Courts · 2026-10-16

6. As thousands were deleted from electoral rolls using auto-generated Form-7s, ECI gave no SOPs to State Electoral Officers

   While thousands of names have been deleted from electoral rolls using auto-generated Form 7s digitally signed by Electoral Registration Officers, no written communication or Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) has been shared with the election authorities in the States in this regard; according to…

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-16

7. All of the eight past SIRs upped the electorate. Why this is the only time voter numbers shrank

   Before the 2025-2026 SIR, intensive revision of electoral rolls, in all or some parts of India, was undertaken in 1952-56, 1958-61, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1993, 1995, and 2002-2004.

   Elections · ThePrint · Politics · 2026-10-15

8. Form 6: A complicated, burdensome route back to the voter list

   The ECI is using Form 6, meant for first-time voters, to reinstate people removed during the SIR. Its changing declarations and demands for past voter or family records have drawn criticism as an ill-conceived burden for eligible voters.

   Elections · Frontline · Politics · 2026-10-10

9. Satire | Coping with deletion

   How one living voter found himself declared dead and deleted from the electoral roll

   Elections · The Hindu · Elections · 2026-10-08