Delhi’s electoral rolls have grown by nearly 1.29 lakh new entries since the claims and objections window opened under the Special Intensive Revision, according to the Chief Electoral Officer’s daily bulletin dated October 25, even as the deadline to file fresh claims closes on October 30.
Between August 31 and October 24, a total of 2,57,726 fresh Form 6 applications were filed for inclusion of new voters across Delhi’s 13 districts, taking the cumulative count since the draft roll’s publication to 4,70,126.
West district recorded the highest number of new Form 6 filings in this period at 31,380, followed by North West at 26,224 and East at 24,877.
Form 8 applications, used to correct existing entries or update addresses, saw 97,997 fresh submissions during the same window, pushing the cumulative total to 3,58,765. North East district led this category with 12,823 new filings.
Form 7 applications, filed to object to an entry or seek deletion of a name, recorded 19,025 fresh submissions, bringing the cumulative total to 70,496.
South West district accounted for the highest share at 2,911 new filings.
Separately, according to official data reported this week, nearly 70 per cent of Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names, 47,105 in total, have already been disposed of as the SIR exercise moves into its final phase.
Officials clarified that disposal does not necessarily mean acceptance, since each claim is decided on the basis of documents and details submitted.
Delhi’s draft electoral roll, published on August 31, had listed 97.53 lakh electors, down sharply from 1.45 crore electors on the rolls before the revision, excluding around 47.5 lakh names.
As part of the verification process, approximately 33.12 lakh notices were issued to electors whose details could not be matched with records from the 2002 SIR or which showed discrepancies, of which officials have said more than 80 per cent have since been resolved.
The Election Commission had extended the original September 30 deadline for claims and objections by a month after a request from the Delhi CEO, fixing October 30 as the new cut-off and November 30 as the date by which all notices, claims and objections must be disposed of.
The final electoral roll is now scheduled for publication on December 4, roughly five weeks later than originally planned.
The October 25 bulletin, issued from the CEO’s office at Old St Stephen’s College Building, Kashmere Gate, carried the slogan “No Eligible Voter to be left out of Electoral Roll” and urged citizens turning 18 on or before October 1, 2026, to apply through Form 6 before the window shuts.
The draft roll remains available for download on the Election Commission’s portal, with special camps continuing to be held at polling stations to assist residents in verifying their names and filing corrections before the final deadline.