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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has published the draught electoral rotation of voters successful Tamil Nadu connected Friday (December 19, 2025), aft carrying retired the much-debated Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. This assumes value arsenic the State is conscionable months distant from Assembly elections owed adjacent year.
Earlier connected October 27, the ECI announced the behaviour of 2nd signifier of the the Special Intensive Revision of electoral successful 12 States and Union Territories, including poll-bound Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry, covering astir 51 crore voters. The archetypal signifier was conducted successful Bihar.
In Tamil Nadu, the enumeration signifier which was initially scheduled for a play of 30 days from November 4 to December 4 was extended doubly — by a week till December 11 and again by 3 days till December 14.
Addressing journalists astatine Chennai connected December 19, Archana Patnaik, the Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu, said the names of much than 97.37 lakh voters person been deleted connected grounds specified arsenic death, shifting, absenteeism, duplication and non-submission of SIR enumeration forms.
After these deletions, Tamil Nadu’s draught electoral rolls incorporate the names of 5,43,76,756 voters including 2,66,63,233 men, 2,77,06,332 women and 7,191 persons of 3rd gender. It is 97,37,831 voters less than a full of 6,41,14,587 voters arsenic connected October 27, 2025, said Ms. Patnaik.
Important dates
Release of draught electoral rotation — December 19, 2025 (Friday)
Claims and objections — December 19, 2025 (Friday) to January 18, 2026 (Sunday)
Hearing and verification — December 19, 2025 (Friday) to January 10, 2026 (Saturday)
Release of last electoral rotation — February 17, 2026 (Tuesday)
How to find your sanction successful the elector list?
The draught electoral rotation that has been prepared aft the SIR process volition beryllium disposable some online and offline, according to the ECI. Eligible voters successful Tamil Nadu tin cheque if their names are contiguous successful the draught electoral rotation done immoderate of the pursuing ways.
- From the elector database disposable with the Booth Level Officers (BLOs)
- At the authoritative websites of CEO Tamil Nadu — elections.tn.gov.in (by choosing the enactment ‘SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION - 2026) — and District Election Officers (DEOs) acrophobic
- Through the ECINET mobile exertion
What to bash if your sanction is not connected the list?
If your sanction is missing from the published draught electoral roll, Form 6 volition person to beryllium filled and submitted. Supporting documents for impervious of property arsenic good arsenic residence and a caller passport-size photograph volition besides person to beryllium submitted on with Form 6. The submission tin beryllium made either online (via ECI’s website astatine voters.eci.gov.in oregon ECINET app) oregon straight to the respective BLO.
Special camps besides volition beryllium conducted for this purpose, the dates of which are to beryllium announced later.
For impervious of age, a self-attested transcript of immoderate of the supporting documents listed beneath volition person to beryllium submitted:
Birth certificate issued by competent section body/municipal authority/Registrar of Births & Deaths
Aadhaar card
PAN card
Driving licence
Passport
Certificates of Class X oregon Class XII issued by CBSE/ICSE/ State Education Boards, if it contains the day of birth
Any different papers for impervious of day of commencement (if nary of the supra documents is available)
For impervious of residence (either successful the sanction of applicant oregon immoderate 1 of parents/spouse who is already enrolled arsenic elector astatine the aforesaid address), a self-attested transcript of immoderate of the pursuing supporting documents should beryllium attached:
Aadhaar card
Passport
Water/electricity/gas transportation measure for that code (at slightest 1 year)
Current passbook of nationalised/scheduled bank/post office
Revenue Department’s onshore owning records including Kisan Bahi
Registered rent lease deed (in lawsuit of tenant)
Registered merchantability deed (in lawsuit of ain house)
Any different papers for impervious of residence (if nary of the supra documents is available)
Types of exertion forms
Form 6 — New elector registration
Form 6A — To registry arsenic an overseas voter
Form 7 — For deletion of sanction from the electoral roll
Form 8 — To update oregon close details
All the supra forms tin beryllium downloaded online astatine — elections.tn.gov.in/Download_Forms.aspx oregon voters.eci.gov.in — and the guidelines to capable each benignant of signifier are besides disposable successful these websites.
How to presumption the database of deleted voters?
Booth-wise lists of absent/shifted/dead/duplicate voters whose names are not included successful the draught roll, on with probable reasons for non-inclusion of their names, tin beryllium accessed connected the websites of respective District Election Officers (DEOs) oregon CEO (erolls.tn.gov.in/asd).
The lists volition besides beryllium displayed connected the announcement boards of respective panchayat/urban section assemblage offices and astatine the offices of Block Development Officers (BDOs)/panchayat officers/urban section assemblage officers.
