60% notice cases verified in Delhi; disposal gains pace amid reduced scrutiny, norms
Election officials in Delhi have verified 20 lakh out of 33 lakh electors flagged for discrepancies in the electoral rolls. The process has accelerated significantly following new directives and portal updates, with a final deadline set for November 30.
Why it matters
Ensuring accurate electoral rolls is critical for maintaining the integrity of democratic processes and preventing wrongful disenfranchisement of voters.
Election officials have verified about 60% or nearly 20 lakh of the 33 lakh electors who were served notices in Delhi under the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for logical discrepancies or for not being mapped in the 2002 rolls and cleared their names for inclusion in the final roll , the office of Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) stated on Monday (October 12, 2026).
As many as 19 lakh of these cases were cleared in the past two weeks alone.
The sudden spike in the rate of notice disposal follows the introduction of new options on the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) ECINET portal and fresh oral directions from Gyanesh Kumar’s office to expedite the process and prevent wrongful deletions. The changes were introduced between September 30 and October 2.
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