Election Commission Extends Delhi SIR Deadline to 30 October

The Election Commission of India met at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi at 3 PM on 26 September 2026 and took a set of decisions on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar chaired the meeting with Election Commissioners Dr S. S. Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi. The press note was issued with the approval of the full Commission.

No more trips to the ERO office

Voters who received a notice during the ongoing revision for being unmapped or for logical discrepancies will no longer have to appear before the Electoral Registration Officer. Booth Level Officers will visit their homes, collect the documents and upload them on ECINet, on which the ERO will decide. A hearing will be held only in exceptional cases, preferably online, and an elector may authorise any adult member of the family to attend on their behalf. District Election Officers have been told to set up help desks and special camps for people in night shelters, labourers, the poor and the homeless.

Dates extended

• Delhi: claims and objections may now be filed till 30 October 2026, and notices, claims and objections are to be disposed of by 30 November 2026.
• Maharashtra: claims and objections may be filed till 12 October 2026, with disposal by 10 November 2026.

Both extensions came on requests from the Chief Electoral Officers of the two regions. The Commission said the declaration attached to Form 6 for the revision has been upheld by the Supreme Court, and that for periods outside the revision the forms under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, will apply.

A review of ECINet

A committee headed by the Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, with an independent expert from an IIT or IIIT, will examine whether ECINet follows the provisions of the election laws and rules and report to the Commission. Field officers already have role-based access to the system according to their statutory powers. In future, every new proposal on information technology modules and portals will be discussed in the Committee of Officers before the Commission approves it.

How far the revision has gone

The revision has been completed in 20 states and union territories, Bihar and West Bengal among them. Anyone left out, including young and first-time voters, may apply to the ERO for inclusion under continuous updation, and the Chief Electoral Officers, District Election Officers and EROs have been directed to launch a special drive at once. The original order for the exercise was issued on 24.6.2025 with the unanimous approval of the Commission and was upheld by the Supreme Court on 27.5.2026. Schedules followed on 27.10.2025 for 12 states and union territories and on 14.05.2026 for 19 more. The final number of electors will be known only after the final publication in the remaining 12 states of Phase III. In Goa, 81 of 97 left-out voters have already filled Form 6. The Commission also decided that meeting agendas will be circulated in advance, minutes issued, annual appraisal reports of officers completed by 31 December each year, and its approval taken for officers travelling abroad.