20 Lakh Delhi SIR Cases Resolved, 13 Lakh Still Pending: Poll Body

Election officials have resolved as many as 20 lakh cases out of 33 lakh in Delhi where voters were issued notices under SIR for logical discrepancies or for not being mapped in the 2002 electoral rolls, according to an official statement.

If any person has any grievance, they can "feel free to contact any of the 14,947 BLOs, 902 AEROs, 70 EROs, 13 DEOs or the Chief Electoral Officer Delhi", the office of Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said in a statement.

"We had started a proactive campaign to resolve these issues," it said and added that so far around 20 lakh cases out of 33 lakh have been resolved.

Message from the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi Regarding Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 About 33 lakh entries in Delhi voter list were under Logical Discrepancy/ Un-mapped. We had started a proactive campaign to resolve these issues. By now around 20 lakh cases out of 33 lakh have been resolved. If any person has any grievance, please feel free to contact any of the 14,947 BLOs, 902 AEROs, 70 EROs, 13 DEOs or the CEO. No eligible voter will be excluded from the voter list. #SIR2026 #SIRDelhi @ECISVEEP

— CEO, Delhi Office (@CeodelhiOffice) October 12, 2026

The CEO, Delhi and the Election Commission of India (ECI) are committed to ensuring that no eligible voter is left out of the electoral roll, it said.

Special camps are also being held where the booth-level officers (BLOs) assist the voters. Such camps will be held to deal with SIR cases on October 18 and October 25.

The CEO office assured that all eligible electors who submit Form-6 along with requisite documents will be included in the electoral rolls of Delhi.

Since the publication of electoral rolls of 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi on August 31, a total of 2,17,391 persons have filed Form-6 so far to become voters.

Over 47 lakh voters out of a total of 1.45 crore were removed from the draft rolls due to logical discrepancies related to name, age or other details of the voters and also for not furnishing details of the 2002 SIR rolls.

The ongoing claims and objections phase of SIR will continue till October 30. The claims and objections received will be disposed of by November 30, and the final voters list will be published on December 4.

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