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Kerala volition request astir 5,037 further polling stations for the 2026 elections to the State Legislative Assembly, arsenic per a revised estimation prepared by predetermination officials.
At present, the Election Commission of India (EC), which manages the elections to the State Assemblies and Parliament, has 25,468 polling stations successful Kerala. More polling stations became indispensable with the EC deciding to restrict the fig of voters per polling presumption to a maximum of 1,200.
Initially, the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) had estimated that the State would necessitate 6,300 to 6,500 further polling stations. But surveys undertaken astatine the territory level person revised this estimation to astir 5,037.
The EC defines a polling presumption arsenic a “room/hall fixed for holding canvass wherever the electors of the polling country acrophobic formed their votes connected the time of poll. It is besides referred to arsenic polling booth.” Earlier, the EC utilized to let auxiliary stations erstwhile the fig of electors successful a polling country exceeded the prescribed limit. But a determination had been to taken to bash distant with the conception of auxiliary polling stations and each caller stations volition beryllium imperishable ones.
The State Election Commission (SEC), which conducted the section assemblage elections successful Kerala successful 2 phases connected December 9 and December 11, had 33,711 polling stations successful all.
‘Uncollectable forms'
The EC is presently successful the process of holding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Kerala. The SIR enumeration forms are being distributed to a small implicit 2.78 crore voters whose names are connected the rolls arsenic connected October 27, 2025.
The fig of enumeration forms connected the ‘Uncollectable List’ has risen to 24.92 lakh, according to the bureau of CEO (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar. This database includes untraceable, permanently shifted/absent and deceased voters. The fig of digitised forms has accrued to a small implicit 2.77 crore, Mr. Kelkar’s bureau said connected Sunday. This accounts for 99.71% of the full distributed forms, it said.
