Maharashtra Draft Electoral Roll Excludes 2.08 Crore Voters After Revision
At least 2.08 crore voters, representing 21.14% of Maharashtra’s pre-revision electorate, have been excluded from the draft electoral roll published on Monday following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise across all 288 Assembly constituencies in the State.
Of the 9.78 crore voters registered on the rolls prior to the revision, approximately 7.71 crore, or 78.86%, have been retained in the draft roll. The included electorate comprises around 3.95 crore male voters, 3.75 crore female voters, and 3,087 third-gender voters.
According to election authorities, the 2.08 crore excluded voters include individuals whose enumeration forms were not received because they could not be traced at their registered addresses, had relocated, had died, held duplicate registrations, or refused to submit enumeration forms. The Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra has published separate lists of voters who were registered on earlier rolls but have not been included in the SIR draft.
Eligible voters whose names are missing, along with new voters turning 18 on or before the qualifying date of October 1, 2026, can submit Form 6 along with a declaration during the claims and objections window running from August 31 to September 30. Following verification, the Electoral Registration Officer will rule on the applications for inclusion in the final roll.
Voters can file objections to existing entries using Form 7, while corrections to details including name, address, age, or gender can be submitted through Form 8 via the Election Commission of India’s Voter Service Portal. The disposal of claims, objections, and notices will continue through October 29, ahead of the publication of the final electoral roll scheduled for November 4.
If an application is rejected due to missing documentation, voters may file a fresh application with required proofs or submit an appeal under Section 24 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. The Election Commission noted that false declarations or statements during registration, correction, or deletion carry penalties of up to one year of imprisonment, a fine, or both under Section 31 of the Act.
The revision exercise also altered polling infrastructure across the state. A total of 394 new polling stations were added, while 431 were removed due to voter count reductions, bringing the total number of polling stations to 1,00,216. Additionally, 1,403 polling station locations were relocated, including the shifting of temporary booth structures in Thane, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, and Palghar districts to permanent buildings within the same polling areas.
