The Uttar Pradesh draft voter list will be published on November 17, with the Chief Electoral Officer directing booth-level officers (BLOs) to contact voters within the prescribed timeline and warning of action for repeated errors in voter-registration data. The instructions were issued during a review meeting on election preparations and the special summary revision campaign in Gautam Buddh Nagar.
Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said no voter should be marked unavailable without an attempt to establish contact. He also directed officials to respond within the stipulated time to requests received through the “Book a Call with BLO” facility. The review focused on ensuring that voters can check their details and seek corrections before the electoral process advances.
The draft list will be available on the Election Commission’s official website after publication. Citizens have been asked to verify whether their names and details are correctly recorded and to apply for corrections within the prescribed process. Form 6 can be used to seek inclusion as a new voter, while Form 8 is available for changes to existing voter information.
Rinwa also issued instructions on the digitisation of Forms 6, 7 and 8. According to the report, a first instance of an error or negligence will attract an oral warning, followed by a written warning for a second instance. Action will be taken against the concerned employee if the mistake is repeated for a third time. The measures place responsibility on the election machinery at the data-entry and field-verification stages, where delays or inaccuracies can directly affect voter records.
Voters can submit applications through the Election Commission’s website, voters.eci.gov.in, the ECINet app or their local BLO. The report said voters registered after July 28 will receive their Elector Photo Identity Cards by Speed Post by December 31, 2026. Complaints can be submitted through the 1950 helpline and the National Grievance Service portal.
Gautam Buddh Nagar currently has 1,527,428 registered voters, according to District Election Officer Medha Roopam. The figure includes 834,652 men, 692,729 women and 47 transgender voters. The district’s estimated population was reported as 2.834 million. Assembly constituency-wise, Dadri has 617,352 registered voters, Noida has 593,236 and Jewar has 316,840.
The district has 766 polling stations and 1,926 polling locations, overseen by 194 supervisors. These figures indicate the administrative scale of the voter-list exercise in a rapidly urbanising district where voter records must be maintained across established neighbourhoods, expanding residential areas and newly developed settlements.
Election-related training sessions and meetings will be held at Gautam Buddh University’s auditorium from November 16 to 19. Officials, police personnel, representatives of political parties and office-bearers of resident welfare associations and apartment owners’ associations are scheduled to participate. The next immediate milestone is the publication of the draft voter list on November 17, after which voters will be able to inspect their records and seek eligible additions or corrections through the notified channels.
