Overview
- Enumeration runs from November 4 to December 4, with draft rolls on December 9, claims and objections accepted until January 8, hearings by January 31, and final rolls due February 7, 2026.
- Assam is excluded because a Supreme Court‑supervised citizenship verification is underway, with a separate revision to be scheduled later.
- The Election Commission has updated procedures so no documents are required at enumeration unless a notice is issued, and indicative proofs now include Bihar’s post‑SIR voter list and Aadhaar.
- Building on the Bihar phase—where about 68 lakh names were deleted for death, duplication or migration and a final roll of roughly 7.42 crore was published—BLOs will make three house visits and only returned forms will appear in the draft rolls.
- Political pushback has intensified, with the DMK filing a Supreme Court petition against the exercise in Tamil Nadu and Mamata Banerjee set to lead a protest rally in Kolkata as the TMC organizes booth‑level monitoring.