Delhi SIR: MP Kapil Sibal asks why he received ‘unmapped’ notice despite matching 1998 voter record

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday asked why he was issued a notice during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Delhi, saying that the details in his enumeration form matched those in his 1998 voter record, which had also been verified by a booth-level officer.

“How is it that my notice has been sent to me in the unmapped category?” Sibal asked at a press conference, addressing the Election Commission.

My Press Conference on the ‘absence of mapping & discrepancy’ of my name in the draft rolls.
Full PC Link ?https://t.co/wAxdmbFhSR pic.twitter.com/UDktYnraUt— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) September 20, 2026

Sibal is among the 33 lakh electors in the national capital who have been issued notices during the voter roll revision to prove their eligibility to vote. The list of such persons was released on Saturday on the website of the Delhi chief electoral officer.

The 33 lakh voters who have been sent notices account for about one-third of the 97.5 lakh voters included in the draft voter rolls. Verification of such cases is to be completed by October 29, while the final electoral rolls are slated to be published on November 4.

On Sunday, the Rajya Sabha MP said that despite the details in his enumeration form matching his previous voter record, his notice cited a mismatch between...

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