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Over 70.69 lakh Form 6 claims for inclusion successful the electoral rolls and 2.68 lakh objections via Form 7, seeking deletion of names, were received successful Uttar Pradesh betwixt January 6 and March 6 arsenic portion of the SIR workout successful 2026, Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said connected Saturday (March 7, 2026).
Addressing a property league astatine the Lok Bhawan successful Lucknow, Mr. Rinwa said that during the two-month claims and objections period, 70,69,810 Form 6 applications were received, with 35,72,603 submitted by women and 34,96,911 by men, indicating that the fig of applications by women exceeded those by men. As galore arsenic 296 applications were submitted by 3rd sex voters.
He said that since October 27, 2025, erstwhile the revision workout was announced, the State has received 86,69,073 Form 6 applications, including 43,06,364 from men, 43,62,323 from women and 386 from 3rd sex voters.
Regarding objections for deletion of names from the rolls, Mr. Rinwa said 2,68,682 Form 7 applications were submitted betwixt January 6 and March 6.
Of these, 1,58,027 sought deletions of antheral voters, portion 1,10,645 of pistillate voters and 10 of 3rd sex voters.
From October 27 to March 6, a full of 3,18,140 Form 7 applications were received, including 1,86,362 for antheral voters, 1,31,766 for pistillate voters and 12 for 3rd sex voters, helium said.
Mr. Rinwa said the draught electoral rotation published connected January 6 contained 12.55 crore voters, including 6.88 crore men (54.8%), 5.67 crore women (45%) and 4,119 3rd sex voters (0.01%).
He said notices were issued to 3.26 crore voters whose details required verification. This included 1.4 crore voters whose details were not mapped with the 2003 Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and 2.02 crore voters wherever discrepancies were found, specified arsenic a mismatch successful names oregon implausible property gaps betwixt household members.
The archetypal notices were issued connected January 14, and hearings began connected January 21, helium said, adding that 100% notices person present been generated, portion astir 3.60 crore notices (93.8%) person already been served.
“So far, hearings person been completed for astir 2.80 crore voters, which accounts for astir 85.8% of the cases,” Mr. Rinwa said.
To facilitate the process, the Election Commission of India (ECI) arranged hearings astatine 5,621 locations crossed the State and acceptable up assistance desks to assistance voters.
Booth level officers besides visited households and carried retired verification utilizing a mobile application, helium added.
“Around 14% of the hearings are inactive pending, but with the existent gait of work, the process is expected to beryllium completed wrong the stipulated deadline of March 27,” Mr. Rinwa said.
The canvass panel’s State main further said that a full of 22,55,473 Form 8 applications for corrections, alteration of code and replacement of EPIC cards were received betwixt October 27 and March 6.
Of these, 1,56,313 were for alteration of address, 20,25,611 for correction of entries successful the electoral roll, 71,536 for replacement of EPIC cards and 2,013 related to recognition of persons with disabilities, helium said.
The Form 8 applications received during the two-month claims and objections play stood astatine 16,33,578, including 1,12,877 for alteration of address, 14,88,115 for correction of entries, 31,602 for replacement of EPIC cards and 984 related to recognition of persons with disabilities.
Mr. Rinwa said that nether the guidelines of the SIR, nary sanction tin beryllium deleted from the draught electoral rotation published connected January 6 without issuing a announcement and without a reasoned bid passed by the Electoral Registration Officer oregon Assistant Electoral Registration Officer arsenic per the prescribed procedure.
He besides said that aft the motorboat of the revision exercise, the main electoral officer’s bureau held 5 meetings with representatives of recognised governmental parties astatine the State level to little them astir the latest guidelines and the advancement of the exercise.
During the enumeration signifier from November 4 to December 26 and the claims and objections period, a full of 3,090 meetings were held with representatives of recognised governmental parties crossed the State to pass them astir the procedures and question their cooperation, helium added.
According to Mr. Rinwa, 5,82,877 booth level agents appointed by recognised governmental parties actively participated successful the revision process. During the claims and objections period, these agents submitted 40,669 Form 6 applications and 1,805 Form 7 applications.
The main electoral serviceman further said 4 peculiar run days were organised crossed each polling stations successful the State to facilitate inclusion of eligible citizens successful the electoral rolls. Booth level officers were contiguous astatine polling stations with required forms and draught electoral rolls to assistance voters.
Mr. Rinwa added that 92,497 complaints were received connected the ECI’s National Grievance Service Portal betwixt October 27 and March 6, retired of which 91,790 complaints, oregon 99.24%, person been resolved.
He said voters tin besides straight interaction their booth level officers done the ‘Book a telephone with BLO’ installation disposable connected the ECI’s portal and mobile application.
In addition, the ECI operated a State interaction centre with the helpline fig 1800-180-1950 and territory interaction centres with helpline fig 1950 during the revision workout to code queries and complaints from citizens.
Mr. Rinwa said the Public Grievance Redressal System Cell of the ECI besides received 409 complaints during the revision period, each of which person been resolved.
He added that 92 complaints were received from recognised governmental parties during the revision exercise, including 78 from the Samajwadi Party, 8 from the Bharatiya Janata Party, 5 from the Congress and 1 from the Aam Aadmi Party, and each of them person been disposed of.
