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Election Commission Launches Special Drive to Re-Enrol Left-Out Voters After SIR

After widespread deletions during the Special Intensive Revision, India's Election Commission is running a new campaign to re-enrol eligible and first-time voters in affected states.

Read the full story → · Latest coverage 5 Oct 2026, 10:10 am UTC

Key moments · 8

Election Commission allows Form 6 without declaration in non-SIR states

The Hindu ↗

Second EC meeting in five days extends SIR deadlines in some states

Times of India ↗

Special drive announced to enrol left-out and first-time voters post-SIR

Indian Express ↗

Directive issued to state electoral officers to launch re-enrolment campaign

Mint ↗

Booth Level Officers tasked with adding deleted but eligible voters

Scroll.in ↗

Kerala sets date for start of special drive to enrol left-out voters

The Hindu ↗

Supreme Court hears challenges to Election Commission's SIR-related decisions

Deutsche Welle ↗

Supreme Court declines to suspend CEC but seeks responses on disputed decisions

Scroll.in ↗

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19 articles

  1. Did CEC Gyanesh Kumar, ECI, keep SC in dark? Apex court says it did not approve changes to Form 6 under SIR
    India News
  2. SIR: Modified Form 6 not approved by Supreme Court, says CJI
    Scroll.in
  3. 'Form 6 has not been approved by us': What SC said on EC's SIR decision - top quotes
    Times of India India
  4. SC declines to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar, seeks response on poll body decisions
    Mint
  5. Former CEC S Y Quraishi: The deleted voter is not a new voter
    Indian Express

3 articles

  1. SIR voter list: Form 6, 7, 8 or 9? Which form to use for Aadhaar, address change, name deletion
    Mint
  2. Drive to enrol ‘left-out’ voters of Keralam to begin on October 15, 2026
    The Hindu
  3. ECI to conduct special drive to enrol left-out electors in Villupuram
    The Hindu

3 articles

  1. SIR 2026 voter list: Name deleted? A step-by-step guide on how to get it added back — Form 6 explained
    Mint
  2. Uttarakhand’s SIR final roll is out — but the voter enrolment exercise isn’t over yet
    Indian Express
  3. SIR: EC asks BLOs to revisit voter list, add through Form 6 those eligible but deleted
    Scroll.in

13 articles

  1. Ex-CEC says deleted voters can't use Form 6; EC cites rules to counter claim
    Times of India Top Stories
  2. EC’s post-SIR re-enrolment drive will not include West Bengal cases pending before appellate tribunals
    The Hindu
  3. EC orders special drive for left-out, new voters in states where SIR is over amid Gyanesh Kumar-Oppn row
    Mint
  4. Gyanesh Kumar's U-Turn? ECI orders special drive to enrol left-out, first-time and young voters
    India News
  5. Election Commission's Special Drive To Enrol Left-Out Voters Where SIR Is Over
    NDTV Top Stories

3 articles

  1. ‘Left out’ voters: Election Commission orders special drive in 20 states where SIR over
    Indian Express
  2. ECI extends SIR in Andhra Pradesh: enumeration till July 24, final roll on October 3
    The Hindu
  3. SIR in Andhra Pradesh extended for third time; final electoral roll on October 16
    The Hindu