ECI announces special revision of electoral rolls in six states and UTs

The schedule for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will be released at the appropriate time.

STC NEWS DESK
STINAGAR, NOVEMBER 05 (STC): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a special revision of electoral rolls in six states and union territories, saying that the schedule for the special revision of electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh will be issued in due course. According to the commission, the final electoral rolls will be published on January 21.
According to the ECI, the aim of this process is to make the electoral rolls more accurate, transparent and up-to-date so that the names of eligible voters can be included in the electoral rolls and ineligible entries can be removed.
“The final electoral rolls will be published on January 21 at the end of the special revision process. During this period, the process of verification of electoral rolls in the concerned areas, registration of names of new eligible voters, necessary corrections in existing entries and deletion of names of deceased or permanently relocated persons will be carried out as per rules, the Commission said.
Under this special review, the prescribed procedure will be adopted for updating the electoral rolls in the concerned states and union territories. Eligible citizens will be given an opportunity to submit applications within the prescribed period for inclusion of their names in the electoral rolls and correction of any error in the existing details.
The ECI says that the revision of electoral rolls is an important part of the democratic process, as clean and accurate electoral rolls are of fundamental importance for the conduct of free and fair elections.
According to the commission, the process of revision of electoral rolls in the three states and union territories has not yet been started. The commission said that the schedule for revision of electoral rolls in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will be released at an appropriate time keeping in mind the weather conditions there.
Notably, the last revision of electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir was done in the year 2024, since which no such revision of electoral rolls has been done.
(Straight Talk Communications)