Overview
- The Election Commission revised SIR timetables on Tuesday, extending Booth Level Officer house‑to‑door verification to August 17, scheduling the draft electoral roll for August 24, and fixing the final roll publication for October 27.
- In Delhi officials say enumeration forms were distributed to almost all 14.5 million electors but only about 60–63% of submitted forms have been digitised so far, leaving a large backlog for data entry and verification.
- Punjab has completed its SIR phase with roughly 1.94 crore forms digitised out of 2.14 crore electors (about 90.4% participation) and about 9.6% of names classified as absent, shifted, dead, or duplicate (ASDD).
- Maharashtra received the same extension because urban areas lag in digitisation, with state figures showing strong distribution but lower upload rates in Mumbai, Thane and Pune, and officials citing migration, incomplete addresses and technical delays.
- Election officials warn a substantive share of names—reported up to about 20% in Delhi by those involved—may be marked for deletion but voters can use the claims‑and‑objections window after the August 24 draft and officials must dispose of claims before the October 27 final roll.