Delhi election authorities will begin generating fresh enumeration forms for around 47.5 lakh electors excluded from the draft electoral roll, after nearly 3 lakh applications for fresh enrolment were filed between August 31 and November 8. The re-verification exercise is intended to give excluded voters another opportunity to establish eligibility and seek inclusion in the final roll.
Official data showed that 2,98,940 Form 6 applications for fresh enrolment were received during the period. A further 2,12,400 Form 6 applications had been submitted up to August 30. The draft roll, published on August 31, excluded electors identified during the Special Intensive Revision as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate, categorised as ASDD.
The exercise will also cover people who moved from one part of Delhi to another but were left out of the draft roll. The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s office said electors who have already submitted Form 6 for fresh enrolment during the revision will not need to submit a new enumeration form.
For electors who have not changed residence, the completed form must include a statement explaining why it could not be submitted during the earlier enumeration phase. Those who shifted within Delhi will have to provide their new address and Assembly constituency details, according to the statement issued by the Delhi CEO’s office.
The process will depend on house-to-house outreach by booth-level officers. BLOs will contact affected electors and conduct inquiries with neighbours, family members and Resident Welfare Associations. They will also coordinate with booth-level agents of political parties while checking the claims of electors seeking restoration or inclusion.
The volume of applications indicates that the revision has triggered substantial activity across Delhi’s electoral administration. Between August 31 and November 8, authorities also received 30,122 Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names from the electoral roll. This was in addition to 51,471 such applications filed up to August 30.
Applications for corrections and modifications also continued during the period. Authorities received 1,10,628 Form 8 applications between August 31 and November 8, compared with 2,60,768 applications submitted up to August 30. Form 8 is used to request corrections or changes to electoral entries.
The re-verification process places the administrative focus on distinguishing genuine exclusions from cases involving duplicate, deceased, absent or relocated electors. For residents who have moved within Delhi, accurate address and Assembly constituency details will be central to the review. For residents who remained at the same address, the authorities have prescribed an explanation for the missed enumeration stage.
The Election Commission has extended the deadline for filing claims and objections to November 25. The disposal of claims and objections is scheduled to be completed by December 15, after which the final electoral roll is due to be published on December 22.
