Jharkhand will hold a statewide voter enrolment camp on November 18 to clear 17.55 lakh pending cases under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and give eligible residents another opportunity to seek inclusion before the final roll is published on November 30.
Announced by the state chief electoral officer on Thursday, the ‘Ek Aur Avasar’ camp will operate from 11am to 4pm at all polling stations. The exercise will be conducted alongside Booth Level Officer-Booth Level Agent meetings and ‘Chunav Pathshalas’, according to the report.
As of November 12, election authorities had disposed of 2,03,65,229 cases, representing a 92.07% disposal rate. The state had identified 2,21,19,847 cases under the revision process, leaving around 17.55 lakh unresolved. The pending workload has fallen by 8.68 lakh cases since November 4.
The chief electoral officer said district-wise performance was being reviewed regularly and that districts with slower progress had been asked to focus on speedy disposal and completion within the stipulated timeframe. The backlog is concentrated mainly in two categories: ‘No Mapping’, with 6.12 lakh cases, and ‘Logical Discrepancy’, with 9.26 lakh cases. Together, they account for nearly 88% of the pending cases.
The camp will also provide a route for eligible people whose names appear on the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate list to submit Form-6 or enumeration forms. Polling stations will display the names of draft-roll voters whose documents remain pending despite two notices and house visits.
The unresolved workload is uneven across constituencies and districts. Hatia, Kanke and Ranchi continue to record significant pending cases. Jamshedpur East has 37,379 unresolved ‘No Mapping’ cases, while Jamshedpur West has 21,780. Among districts, Sahibganj, Palamu, Jamtara, Pakur and Giridih have recorded the lowest disposal rates for ‘No Mapping’ cases, ranging from 35.26% to 46.59%.
The corresponding disposal rates for ‘Logical Discrepancy’ cases are lowest in Palamu at 61.45%, followed by Sahibganj at 63.47%, Pakur at 64.96%, Seraikela-Kharsawan at 68.18% and Jamtara at 70.65%. In contrast, West Singhbhum has disposed of 99.97% of its ‘No Mapping’ cases and all of its ‘Logical Discrepancy’ cases. Lohardaga has reported disposal rates of 98.54% and 99.99% in the two categories, while Simdega and Lohardaga have recorded 100% overall disposal, according to the report.
Residents who will turn 18 by October 1, 2026, will also be eligible to apply for inclusion during the November 18 camp. The final electoral roll is scheduled for publication on November 30.
