The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday extended the timeline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi. The door-to-door
verification by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will now continue till August 17, while the final electoral rolls will be published on October 27. This is the second extension announced by the poll panel this month. Earlier, the door-to-door verification exercise was scheduled to end on August 8. The ECI has also revised the date for publishing the draft electoral rolls, which will now be released on August 24 instead of August 17. After publication of the draft rolls, the voters will be able to file their claims and objections from August 24 to September 23, as per the revised schedule. Earlier, the claims and objection filing period was August 17 to September 16. The claims and objections filed by the voters will have to be disposed of by the poll officials between August 24 and October 22. The final voter lists will be published on October 27, instead of October 19 as scheduled earlier. Currently, the BLOs in Delhi have distributed enumeration forms to almost all the 1.45 crore voters in the city, while over 62 per cent of the filled-up forms were digitised. Before this extension, the last date for the door-to-door verification exercise by BLOs was August 8. The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in a press statement said that the fresh extension was aimed at giving some more time to voters for submitting their filled up enumeration forms. The process of digitisation of enumeration forms submitted by the voters has been a little slower in Delhi due to multiple reasons. The Delhi CEO office has requested the voters who have still not submitted their enumeration forms to do so at the earliest. The BLOs have claimed that many voters have yet to return the forms provided to them. Errors in details provided by the voters, technical issues, difficulty in finding voter details previously recorded, etc, have also been cited as factors delaying the digitisation of enumeration forms. The SIR of Delhi's electoral rolls began on June 30 with door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms by the BLOs. The qualifying date for the exercise is July 1, 2026.
Mumbai SIR Exercise Also Extended
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra and extended the ongoing house-to-house verification by Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) till August 17.
In an order issued to the Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer, the commission said the revised schedule was approved following a request from the state CEO and would apply to the SIR of electoral rolls with October 1, 2026, as the qualifying date.
Under the revised timetable, the house-to-house visits by BLOs, which began on June 30, will now continue till August 17 instead of August 8 set earlier. The rationalisation and re-arrangement of polling stations will also be completed on August 17.
The draft electoral rolls will be published on August 24, following which claims and objections can be filed between August 24 and September 23.
