Overview
- The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer published the draft electoral roll on Monday, August 31, showing about 47.7 lakh names missing from the pre‑SIR list of roughly 1.45 crore electors.
- Election officials classified the excluded names as 'uncollectable' under ASDDO categories, with about 43.32 lakh marked shifted or absent, 2.82 lakh recorded as deceased, and 1.41 lakh found enrolled at multiple places.
- The house‑to‑house enumeration from June 30 to August 17 produced digitised forms for roughly 97.5 lakh electors, or about 67% of the roll, and digitisation rates varied sharply between constituencies such as Rohini (≈83%) and Tughlakabad (≈52%); the exercise also increased polling stations from 13,033 to 14,947.
- Those excluded can file Form 6 with supporting documents through September 30, hearings and notices will run until October 29, and decisions can be appealed to the district magistrate and then the Delhi CEO before the final roll is published on November 4.
- The scale of deletions—Delhi records the highest draft‑stage percentage so far—has prompted political criticism and heightened scrutiny of SIR in other large cities, raising practical concerns about enfranchisement for transient and migrant residents and possible legal and administrative reviews.