Maharashtra’s draft voter roll has left out 2.07 crore of the 9.78 crore electors listed before the revision, but eligible voters can still seek inclusion before the October 12 deadline. Special camps will be held at polling stations on October 10 and 11, while Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are visiting homes to identify voters missing from the draft roll.
The draft electoral roll was published on August 31 under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The Election Commission’s categorisation of electors whose enumeration forms could not be collected included 34.81 lakh people marked dead, 75.52 lakh recorded as absent or not found, and 76.80 lakh classified as permanently shifted. These classifications do not automatically establish that an elector is ineligible or should be excluded from the final roll.
Another 17.63 lakh electors were categorised as already enrolled elsewhere or as duplicate entries, while 2.23 lakh were placed under “others”. The Chief Electoral Officer’s office has begun a campaign to locate eligible voters and verify their status. After checking eligibility, BLOs can collect Form 6, which is used to seek inclusion in the electoral roll.
Voters can search for their names on the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website and check the ASDD list of electors marked Absent or Not Found, Shifted, Dead or Duplicate. The website also provides SIR instructions, constituency-wise help-desk details and BLO contact information. Voters can call the election helpline on 1950 if they need assistance.
Those who are not contacted during house-to-house visits can submit applications at special camps being held at all polling stations on October 10 and 11. Applications can also be submitted offline to the Electoral Registration Officer, Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, BLO or designated polling station. Online applications are available through the Election Commission’s Voters’ Service Portal and the ECINET mobile application.
Voters who have moved residence may need different procedures depending on their status. A person whose name is missing from the draft roll should contact the BLO or election help desk about applying through Form 6. A voter whose name is already on the roll but whose address has changed can use Form 8 to update the entry. Form 8 can also be used to correct details in an existing record.
The state is also holding voter-registration camps in colleges and universities from October 5 to 9. Eligible students whose names are missing can apply through the prescribed process. The qualifying date for this revision is October 1, 2026.
The draft roll separately includes 1.22 crore voters who have been flagged for verification notices. Of these, 62.48 lakh have discrepancies involving relatives in the earlier roll, while 59.76 lakh could not be mapped to a relative in the previous roll. These voters are already listed in the draft roll and are not part of the 2.07 crore electors missing from it.
Under revised procedures, voters who receive “No Mapping” or “Logical Discrepancy” notices can submit documents to their BLO, including through WhatsApp. BLOs have been instructed to visit homes where document verification is required. The Electoral Registration Officer or Assistant Electoral Registration Officer will decide each case based on the documents and the BLO’s verification report. Physical hearings are expected only in exceptional cases.
According to official data cited by the Chief Electoral Officer’s office, authorities received 6,24,054 applications between August 31 and October 4. These included 6,05,097 Form 6 applications, 11,251 Form 7 applications for objections or deletion requests, and 7,706 Form 8 applications for corrections or address changes. Claims and objections must be filed by October 12. Notices, claims and objections are scheduled to be disposed of by November 12, with the final electoral roll due to be published on November 16.
