As many as 97.16% of the 12.22 million voters flagged for anomalies and non-mapping after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision have completed their verification in Maharashtra. The Election Commission of India has received 2.17 million applications for the addition and deletion of names and correction of voter details during the exercise, while 6.25 million individuals had previously faced logical discrepancies or anomalies in their records.
The poll body had originally flagged 12.22 million electors out of the 77.2 million who remained on the draft roll following the enumeration phase that concluded on August 31. Among them, 5.97 million were unmapped because their details could not be linked to the 2002 electoral roll, while another 6.25 million encountered logical inconsistencies such as age and name mismatches.
Booth Level Officers served notices to these affected electors, directing them to submit supporting documents via WhatsApp to resolve the discrepancies and establish eligibility. While 97.94% of electors flagged for logical discrepancies cleared their verifications, 96.35% of the unmapped electors finished the process. With the deadline for submitting claims and supporting documents extended to November 25, election authorities expect these completion rates to rise further.
The election commission implemented significant procedure adjustments on September 26 following intense criticism, declaring that voters receiving notices for unmapping and logical errors would no longer be forced to make personal appearances before Electoral Registration Officers. Instead, Booth Level Officers visit voters at their residences to gather documents, which are subsequently uploaded to the official portal for evaluation.
Hearings are now restricted to exceptional situations determined by the registration officer and are conducted online whenever possible, with authorized adult family members permitted to represent the elector. Previously, applicants were required to appear in person on fixed dates, with home visits largely restricted to VIP categories.
Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam noted that assembly constituency-wise lists of electors with pending notices have been published, expressing confidence that the remaining three percent of voters will submit their documents. Concurrently, application volumes for additions, deletions, and corrections have risen across the state.
By November 1, the commission accumulated 1.41 million inclusion applications through Form 6, covering first-time voters and individuals omitted from draft rolls due to relocation or absence. Additionally, authorities processed 92,436 Form 7 applications for name deletions and 675,338 Form 8 applications for details corrections.
Despite these filings, overall response for roll inclusion remains modest given that over 15 million electors were left off draft rolls alongside more than 3.5 million unregistered first-time voters. Officials attribute the lower turnout to the absence of scheduled state elections over the next three years. The election body revised timelines for the exercise across five states, scheduling the publication of Maharashtra's final electoral roll for November 30.