The Election Commission on Thursday said that it would conduct the special summary revision in 13 states and three Union Territories where the special intensive revision of electoral rolls has been conducted, as well as in Assam, where the poll panel decided not to undertake the exercise.
The poll panel had been conducting a special revision of the voter list in Assam, which is similar to the usual updates to the electoral roll.
Writing to the chief electoral officers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, the poll panel said that the special summary revision with the qualifying date of January 1 would be conducted from November.
The draft rolls after the revision will be published on November 12. Following this, claims and objections will be invited till December 11 and the final rolls will be published on January 4.
The poll panel’s announcement came days after media reports said that the freezing of the annual revision of electoral rolls after 2024 due to the special intensive revision could affect the enrolment of voters who have recently turned 18.
On September 24, The Economic Times reported that the poll panel had overshot its May-June announcement timeline for...