Election Commission gives fresh opportunity to electors left out of SIR draft rolls in Delhi, six States

The Hindu · PTI · 2026-11-06 11:13 UTC

ECI offers another chance for ASDD electors in 7 states during SIR to be included in final rolls, with strict duplicate prevention.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday (November 6, 2026) decided to provide another opportunity to electors in seven States who were marked as Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD), and whose Enumeration Forms were issued but not received back, resulting in their exclusion from the Draft Electoral Rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

The directions apply to Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Nagaland.

The ECI has also asked officials to establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure that no eligible elector is deprived of the opportunity to be included in the Final Electoral Roll, while preventing duplicate enrolments.

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