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Delhi has come to a standstill on Saturday (October 10, 2026), as security forces enforced a massive lockdown to thwart the planned protests at Jantar Mantar. In Connaught Place near the Jantar Mantar protest site, atleast five buses full of detained protesters have left the spot in P block in a span of 20 minutes….
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Even as the Election Commission’s SIR guidelines cap the number of applications during the claims and objections period that a booth-level agent (BLA) can submit at 10 per day after publication of the draft electoral roll, BLAs in Delhi can bypass the cap through the ECINET portal. The software doesn’t have a mechanism to impose…
In Bihar, the declaration form was sought to confirm the exact time period of the birth of a new voter, whether it was before 1987, between 1987 and 2004, or after 2004, based on which the prospective voter had to submit documents. File. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The declaration accompanying Form 6, which…
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A file photo of MLA Abhay Patil. | Photo Credit: BADIGER PK The Election Commission of India officers in charge of Special Intensive Revision have rejected the demand for scrutiny and deletion of around 2,598 votes sought by BJP leader and MLA Abhay Patil in Belagavi North constituency. M. Karthik, Belagavi city corporation commissioner and…
While people can fill Form-6 even after the final rolls are published, the current figures suggest that the number of net additions could be low in the final roll. | Photo Credit: File photo While more than 80.62 lakh names were deleted from the draft roll after being marked as shifted or absent, and these…
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An official receives a form during the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll form submission two-day camp at Gawand Baug, in Thane. | Photo Credit: ANI Since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, voter lists of 17 States/Union Territories, where Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is under way in its third phase, have shrunk by 15.7%…
The petitioners challenged the mandate requiring BLAs of political parties to give a personal undertaking certifying they have personally verified all details in the enumeration forms. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court on Thursday (September 3, 2026) ruled that booth level agents of political parties are not liable for verifying all…
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With over 33 lakh voters set to face notices and hearings after the draft electoral roll is published on August 31, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have flagged gaps in their training ahead of the next phase of special intensive revision (SIR) in Delhi. The claims and objections phase, which begins with the publication of the…
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Police said the the accused, Suraj Patil, was making photocopies of SIR forms. Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Ramakrishna G. Five booth-level officers (BLOs) have been suspended after a local BJP worker was caught on Thursday (August 27, 2026) photocopying more than 3,400 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral forms containing voter details at…
1,07,96,415 crore, that is the number of voters facing possible exclusion from the Karnataka’s electoral rolls after being categorised as Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Others (ASDDO), following the conclusion of enumeration phase on August 17. At close to1.08 crore, that is close to one-fifth of the State’s electorate. With the draft electoral roll scheduled…
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