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Why it matters
Anyone left off the draft voter list in these six states has more time to get their name back before the final roll is published. In Delhi alone, nearly 4.76 million names were dropped from the draft roll in August.
With the SIR deadline extended, Delhi residents can now file claims and objections to the electoral roll until 25 November 2026 instead of 30 October, after the Election Commission of India (ECI) sent fresh schedules to six chief electoral officers late on 29 October. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana and Nagaland also get more time, and all six now have new dates for their final voter lists.
SIR (special intensive revision) is a house-to-house recheck of who is on the voter list, in which people must prove their eligibility again. The change came a day after the Supreme Court, hearing a case on Delhi’s revision, asked the Commission to keep accepting forms, The Hindu reported, as did Hindustan Times.
SIR deadline extended: the new dates in each state
Delhi voters gain the most time. According to The Hindu, the window for claims, the forms used to add a name, object to a name or correct an entry, now closes on 25 November. Officers have until 15 December, not 30 November, to decide them, and the final electoral roll will come out on 22 December.
Maharashtra’s claims window had already shut on 26 October. It has been reopened until 13 November, the notice and disposal stage runs to 25 November instead of 10 November, and the final roll is due on 30 November, according to both reports. Hindustan Times reported that a separate notification under Rule 12 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, puts the Maharashtra extension on a formal footing.
For Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana and Nagaland, the reports differ on one point. The Hindu described the window as reopened in all five states. Hindustan Times said the claims stage had already closed in those four and only the later stage, when officers issue notices and settle claims, was moved. Both agree on the new end dates for that stage and on a common final roll date of 30 November.
| State or UT | Claims and objections | Notices and disposal end | Final roll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 25 Nov (was 30 Oct) | 15 Dec (was 30 Nov) | 22 Dec |
| Maharashtra | 13 Nov (had closed 26 Oct) | 25 Nov (was 10 Nov) | 30 Nov |
| Andhra Pradesh | See note | 20 Nov | 30 Nov |
| Haryana | See note | 20 Nov | 30 Nov |
| Nagaland | See note | 25 Nov | 30 Nov |
| Telangana | See note | 26 Nov | 30 Nov |
By NewsPlainly’s count, Delhi’s claims window is 26 days longer than before (30 October to 25 November). For Maharashtra, the reopened window gives voters 14 more days from today, 30 October, to 13 November.
Why the Election Commission moved the dates
Hindustan Times reported that the Commission said it acted on requests from each state’s chief electoral officer, all received on 29 October. The paper also reported that at the hearing on 28 October the Supreme Court told the ECI not to insist on a cut-off date for Delhi voters and to keep accepting the forms, while verifying details and asking for documents where needed, noting that Delhi has no election coming up.
This is not the first change. According to Hindustan Times, Maharashtra has now seen six orders revising its schedule since the original one of 14 May, Delhi’s has been revised five times, Andhra Pradesh’s four times, Telangana’s three times and Haryana’s twice. NewsPlainly reported earlier on how many names were cut from Delhi’s draft roll.
All six are part of the third phase of the SIR, which the ECI announced on 14 May and which covers 16 states and three Union Territories. Hindustan Times put the number of electors in that phase at about 367 million. The exercise began in Bihar in 2025 before that state’s Assembly election.
How many Form 6 claims the Delhi voter list has drawn
Delhi’s draft roll, published on 31 August, dropped nearly 4.76 million names from a roll of about 14.5 million, all under the absent, shifted, dead or duplicate categories, Hindustan Times reported, citing data from the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi.
Since 31 August, the Delhi election office has received 2,75,856 Form 6 applications to add names, according to the same report. It also counted 21,603 Form 7 applications seeking deletions and 1,03,352 Form 8 applications for address changes and corrections. West district had the most Form 6 applications in the claims period, at 33,915, and New Delhi district the fewest, at 4,972.
Set against the 4.76 million names removed from the draft, the Form 6 total is about 5.8%, by NewsPlainly’s calculation. The two numbers are not a like-for-like match: some removed voters will have died or moved away, and some Form 6 applicants are new 18-year-olds.
Form 6, 7 or 8: what voters in these six states can do
The Delhi election office has asked eligible voters to check whether their names are in the draft roll and, if they are missing, to file Form 6 with the required declaration and documents, Hindustan Times reported. Anyone who turns 18 on or before 1 October 2026 can also apply.
- Name missing: Form 6, for inclusion.
- Objection to someone else’s entry: Form 7.
- Moved house or wrong details: Form 8.
- Indian citizens living abroad: Form 6A.
The qualifying date, the date by which a person must be 18 to be listed, is 1 July 2026 for Andhra Pradesh and Haryana and 1 October 2026 for the other four, according to Hindustan Times.
The Hindu reported that the ECI has also started special camps to re-enrol people left out, amid protests over the removal of nearly 13 crore names from the pre-SIR voter lists. It said a yearly Special Summary Revision has been announced for states where the SIR is over, which lets people who were left out get back on the rolls without the documents the SIR required.
The reports read did not say whether the Supreme Court will take up the Delhi matter again before the new deadline.
Frequently asked questions
What is the new SIR deadline in Delhi?
Claims and objections can be filed until 25 November 2026. They will be decided by 15 December and the final roll comes out on 22 December.
Has the Maharashtra SIR deadline been extended?
Yes. The window that closed on 26 October has been reopened until 13 November 2026, and the final roll is due on 30 November.
Which form do I fill if my name is missing from the draft roll?
Form 6, for inclusion, with the declaration and documents asked for. Form 8 is for address changes and corrections.
When will the final voter list come out in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana and Nagaland?
On 30 November 2026, according to the revised schedules.