Overview
- Uttar Pradesh’s Special Intensive Revision timeline now sets draft roll publication for January 6, 2026, with claims and objections from January 6 to February 6 and final rolls due March 6.
- State officials say about 2.89 crore names, or roughly 18.7% of electors, are likely to be deleted for reasons including death, migration and duplication, with over one crore “unmapped” voters asked to submit documents to retain entries.
- The UP extension follows polling-booth rationalisation to 1,200 voters per booth, creating about 15,030 new stations and requiring re-serialisation of rolls before publication.
- In West Bengal, the December 16 draft deleted 58,20,899 names (7.59%); hearings faced protests over the exclusion of Booth Level Agents and an EC observer’s vehicle was damaged in Mograhat, while an 82-year-old’s death was reported by family as linked to anxiety over a hearing notice.
- Responding to backlash, the ECI directed home verification for electors aged 85+ and those ailing or with disabilities; political criticism escalated with Mamata Banerjee alleging AI-driven deletions and Congress demanding transparency, even as Tamil Nadu allowed party Booth Level Agents to file up to 10 applications per day.