Election Commission announces special intensive revision of voter rolls in 12 states, UTs

The Election Commission on Monday announced that a special intensive revision of voter rolls will be carried out in 12 states and Union Territories.

The exercise will cover Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said at a press conference.

Polls are scheduled for Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry next year.

Kumar said a separate order will be issued later for Assam, as the Citizenship Act has separate provisions for the state.

The chief election commissioner also said that Aadhaar cards can be used only for identification. He added that enumeration forms will be pre-filled with already available details, including details of the previous exercise.

The draft electoral rolls will be published on December 9, while the final electoral rolls on February 7, 2026.

Kumar said that in states where the revision will be carried out, electoral rolls will be frozen at midnight on Monday. “Political parties have raised the issue of the quality of electoral rolls on several occasions,” he said, adding that voters will now be given unique enumeration forms containing all their details.

All chief electoral officers and district electoral officers have been directed to meet political parties by Wednesday to brief them...

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