Kerala SIR: 11.66 lakh applications for enrolment filed

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A small implicit 11.66 lakh radical successful Kerala person applied truthful acold for enrolment aft the work of the draught electoral rotation nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) connected December 23, 2025. The deadline for the claims and objections play ended connected January 30 successful the State.

The full fig included 10.18 lakh applications filed done Form 6 and 1.47 lakh applications done Form 6A, according to information released by the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala). Form 6 is for caller voters, portion Form 6A applies to overseas electors among Indian citizens. These are successful summation to 3.72 lakh Form 6 applications and 32,925 Form 6A applications filed anterior to the work of the draught roll.

“All claims, objections, and applications received during this play volition beryllium scrutinised and disposed of successful accordance with the prescribed procedures, and approved applications volition beryllium incorporated successful the last electoral rotation to beryllium published connected February 21,” CEO (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar has said.

Citizens tin proceed to taxable applications/forms adjacent aft the January 30 deadline. Such applications volition beryllium disposed of lone aft the work of the last electoral rotation connected February 21 and eligible voters volition beryllium included successful consequent updates of the electoral rotation done a supplementary list.

On Thursday, the CEO’s bureau announced that 9,868 radical had been excluded from the rolls. This included 1,441 radical who had passed distant during the SIR enumeration phase, 997 individuals who had relinquished Indian citizenship and 7,430 who had shifted to different States oregon constituencies.

LDF protestation connected February 2

Meanwhile, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has announced demonstrations connected February 2 alleging that ineligible voters person been squeezed onto the rolls portion eligible voters basal excluded. Protest marches volition beryllium taken retired to the CEO’s bureau successful Thiruvananthapuram and district-level predetermination offices, LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan said.

The LDF has demanded that a play of 2 weeks beryllium announced for filing complaints/grievances aft the last rotation is published connected February 21. “Activities related to the elector rolls are to beryllium undertaken transparently, not successful a backstage oregon secretive manner,” Mr. Ramakrishnan said.

Published - January 31, 2026 05:51 p.m. IST

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