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Published – July 01, 2026 12:55 am IST
The count begins: A BLO verifying voter details during a door-to-door verification drive in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi:
The special intensive revision (SIR) of Delhi’s electoral roll began on Tuesday, with over 13,000 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) conducting door-to-door visits to distribute enumeration forms and collect them back. By 6 p.m., 1,68,291 forms had been distributed and 7,605 digitised, according to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashok Kumar.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta urged electors to participate in the exercise. In a post on X, she said, “Fill your enumeration form on time and submit it to your BLO. An accurate and up-to-date voter list is the foundation of a strong democracy.”
Delhi has over 1.45 crore registered electors. Each elector will receive two copies of the enumeration form, one to retain as an acknowledgement receipt and the other to return after filling it. No supporting documents are required at this stage. Submission of the form is mandatory for inclusion in the final electoral roll, scheduled to be published on October 7, officials said.
Some voters, however, flagged “hiccups” in the process. Nitin, a 26-year-old resident of Mandir Marg area, said he wanted to verify some details before filling it. “My name is not in the 2002 voter list. I will speak to my father and check the Election Commission website for the 2002 roll before filling and submitting the form,” he said.
Voters flag ‘confusion’
In Ansari Nagar (West), some voters said there was “confusion” regarding documentation and details to be filled in the forms. A BLO in the area explained to them that they should fill up the forms carefully, furnishing their details of 2002 as well as their current voter list details.
In an unauthorised settlement in Subhash Mohalla in north-east Delhi, a BLO said there were 15-20 houses carrying the same number because of division of larger plots into smaller ones.
‘No transparency’
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that the exercise lacked transparency. “In the past, we asked the Election Commission to provide us with the list of deleted voters along with their addresses, but it refused. We cannot verify whether the people whose names were deleted actually lived in those addresses,” said Delhi AAP president Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Published – July 01, 2026 12:55 am IST
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