SIR, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, re-verifies every voter through house visits and document checks. Delhi's draft roll on 31 August 2026…
India's first general election under universal adult franchise. The roll decided who could join the queue, then as now.
Special Intensive Revision: every elector fills an enumeration form, matched to the last intensive revision (2003 in Bihar).
The scale triggered Supreme Court petitions. In September the court added Aadhaar as an identity document.
About 5.18 crore entries removed across nine states and three UTs, including about 2.05 crore in Uttar Pradesh.
Yes. The bench held Article 324 and Section 21(3) of the RP Act 1950 allow it. The fight moves to how it is done.
They collected enumeration forms from every listed elector and tried to map each one to the 2002 roll.
CEO Delhi: 43,32,775 shifted, absent or others, 2,82,412 dead and 1,41,535 duplicate. One in three names.
31.64 lakh notices by 19 Sep (CEO Delhi). BLOs now collect documents at home; hearings only in exceptional cases, preferably online.
Students, AAP and Left leaders marched to demand CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Counts range from 500+ to over 1,000 detained.
No. A fresh march is threatened for 10 October if the CEC does not resign.
Check the draft on voters.eci.gov.in, answer any notice, and file Form 6, 7 or 8 before 30 October.
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