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People enroll at a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls camp at the Sonagachi area, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (PTI Photo)
The Election Commission on Thursday extended the deadline for electors in five states – Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh – and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to submit enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Thursday was scheduled to be the last day of enumeration of electors in the SIR for 11 states and three UTs, while the state of Kerala had earlier been given an extension till December 18. The draft electoral roll for all states and UTs but Kerala was scheduled to be published on December 16. Kerala’s draft roll will be published on December 23.
In a statement, the EC said it had revised the schedule “based on the requests received from the Chief Electoral Officers of the 6 states/UT”.
Now, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat electors have till Sunday, December 14 to submit forms; and the draft roll will be published on December 19, as per the new schedule. The deadline for enumeration in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been extended to December 18, while the publication of the draft roll will be on December 23. Uttar Pradesh has been given the longest extension, with the enumeration deadline pushed to December 26 and the draft publication to December 31.
For the remaining states/UT (Goa, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan and West Bengal), the enumeration ends on Thursday and the draft will be published on December 16.
“In order to ensure that no eligible elector is left behind, new electors are being encouraged to fill up the Form 6 along with the declaration and submit them to the BLOs or fill the form and declaration online using the ECINet App/website https://voters.eci.gov.in/ to get their names included in the final electoral rolls, which will be published in February, 2026,” the EC said.
The EC had announced the SIR for nine states and three UTs on October 27, with the original deadline for submitting forms as December 4 and publication of draft rolls on December 9. The final electoral roll for all 12 states/UTs was to be published on February 7. The EC on November 30 extended the deadlines by one week.
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