Ousted voters in 6 States and Delhi can resubmit enumeration forms, says ECI

7 NOVEMBER 2026

Voters marked as Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) in select States and a Union Territory, where the special intensive revision (SIR) is under way can submit the enumeration form again to get their names included in the electoral rolls, instead of having to use Form 6, which is meant for registration of first-time voters.
These electors were marked as absent because their enumeration forms had been issued but not received, resulting in their exclusion from the draft electoral rolls during the ongoing SIR exercise
Electors who have not shifted their residence can submit their duly filled-in enumeration forms along with an enclosed statement, mentioning the reason as to why they could not submit their forms earlier.
Those who have shifted residence within the State shall submit the Enumeration Form along with the statement enclosed, indicating their new address and the Assembly Constituency.

SC order leads to ECI directive

The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) directive comes after the Supreme Court, while hearing a petition filed by activists Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri on October 28 against the deletion of voters during the SIR in Delhi, asked the Commission why the deleted voters were being asked to use Form 6 for re-inclusion in the electoral rolls and why Form 8 could not be used.

ECI Directive

In a directive to the Chief Electoral Officers of Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana, and Nagaland, the ECI said booth-wise lists of all electors marked as ASDD, whose enumeration forms were not received and who could not be included in the draft electoral roll during the SIR, should be displayed afresh on the notice boards of their polling stations.
The lists should also mention the probable reasons for the non-inclusion of their names.
Partially filled enumeration forms for all such ASDD electors will also be generated afresh in the Electoral Registration Officer dashboard in ECINET.

Form 6 not needed

Till now, voters whose names were missing from the draft rolls had to submit Form 6 to re-enter the electoral rolls.
Form 6 includes a declaration that the said applicant has not been registered as a voter elsewhere. This had led to concerns among many regarding the legality of the process.
The ECI clarified that electors who have already submitted Form 6 need not submit the enumeration form with the statement afresh.
Shortly after the ECI issued the directive, Ms. Bharadwaj and Ms. Johri welcomed the move. “We believe this is an important step in addressing large-scale exclusions caused during SIR. The provision to re-assign the old EPIC numbers is important as it will ensure preservation of voters’ historical record of being an existing voter,” they said. “Just in Delhi, of 47.56 lakh deleted in the first phase and put on ASDD, 31.59 lakh were marked as permanently shifted and 11.73 as absent/untraceable,” they said.