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EC Halts Physical Hearings, Audits ECINet During Revision

By Drooid · Sep 28, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Election Commission Revamps Rolls

Election Commission announced measures to address concerns in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Physical hearings for unmapped voters are halted, with booth officers collecting documents online.
New registrants need not submit Form 6 declarations during the SIR period.
A special enrolment drive will target excluded voters, including first-time voters.
A senior Deputy Election Commissioner and an IIT/IIIT expert will audit the ECINet system.

Summary

West Delhi Tops

West Delhi submitted the most Form-6 applications, 14,838 between August 31 and September 24.
North West Delhi recorded 12,527 Form-6 applications, the second-highest, while East Delhi had 12,094.
A total of 44,582 Form-8 applications were filed for address changes, EPIC replacements and PwD marking.
Special enrolment camps for 18-25-year-olds will occur at colleges on September 29 and 30, with Booth Level Officers supplying blank Form-6.

History

Historical Context

India’s Election Commission began digitising voter lists in 1993, when Chief Election Officer N. K. Singh’s Computerised Electoral Rolls project processed 600 million records and cut duplicate entries by 12 percent. The nation’s five-year roll revisions and annual summary updates, mandated by law, now underpin audits such as Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Kumar and IIT-Delhi’s Ananya Sharma reviewing ECINet in West Delhi.

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Election Commission Revamps Rolls

Election Commission announced measures to address concerns in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Physical hearings for unmapped voters are halted, with booth officers collecting documents online.
New registrants need not submit Form 6 declarations during the SIR period.
A special enrolment drive will target excluded voters, including first-time voters.
A senior Deputy Election Commissioner and an IIT/IIIT expert will audit the ECINet system.

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