SIR Voter List - 2026 & Old (2002, 2003 & 2005) Electoral Roll PDF of All States

Applying for a new voter ID needs more specific information now. Election Commission requires all new applicants to provide their parents' Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, details when applying with Form 6. This change started in Bihar last year and now applies in more places.

Applying for voter ID

Officials say this change maps voters better and makes the documents process easier for you. You cannot finish an online application without this declaration. Although some people have questions about clarity, the poll body maintains the SIR process is constitutional and clear.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday called the CJP protest at Shivaji Park in Mumbai a fake narrative against the Election Commission.

CJP activists and civil society groups gathered at Shivaji Park demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists. Mumbai Police had denied permission for the gathering.

Fadnavis said the matter lost its basis after the three Election Commissioners held a recent press conference. He is confident the claims will not hold up.

Why Leaders Are Questioning the Protests

Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar questioned why street protests were needed. The Election Commission had already announced the SIR schedule and procedure. Citizens and parties can file applications, raise objections, attend hearings and submit documents through the legal channels available to them.

Shelar called the agitation the grammar of anarchy. He cited Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's belief in constitutional methods for resolving disputes. He also pointed out that safeguards are in place so eligible voters are not left out of voter lists.

Shiv Sena spokesperson Jyoti Waghmare also criticized the protest. She alleged it aims to spread misinformation and fear about the SIR exercise, which is meant to remove ineligible entries, including those of illegal immigrants, from voter lists.

Election Commission has announced a special drive to add back voters who were left out of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls. The drive also covers first-time and young voters.

During this drive, Booth Level Officers will find voters who were left out of SIR rolls and add them back if they are eligible. There is a catch for West Bengal though. Voters whose cases are still under adjudication will not get any help from this drive.

What this means for West Bengal voters

Election Commission has told all election officials to run awareness and voter drive activities through schools, colleges, and local programmes. Systematic voter education and electoral participation activities, commonly known as SVEEP, will be a key part of this push.

Officials have also been asked to keep a close watch on how the campaign is doing. Regular monitoring will happen, and progress will be tracked closely.

Why this matters now

This comes at a time when opposition parties are raising serious concerns about the Special Intensive Revision process. Several political groups have accused Election Commission of removing eligible citizens from electoral rolls. Data from election authorities tells a different story too. Voter rolls across nine states and three Union Territories actually fell by 10.2 percent after the SIR was carried out. More than 60 lakh names of deceased voters were removed during this exercise.

There have also been reports of internal disagreements within the Commission about how the SIR was handled. Election Commission has clearly stated that every decision linked to the SIR was taken unanimously by all members.

Telangana Congress MP Gaddam Vamsi Krishna has asked Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign, saying the voting process is failing ordinary voters.

Gaddam, the Lok Sabha MP from Peddapalli, pointed out a painful reality that many Indian voters know well. Keeping your name on the voter list often means repeated trips to government offices. People run around and still risk losing their right to vote. "If voters ultimately lose their right to vote despite making these efforts, it raises serious questions about their democratic rights," he said.

He said 130 million voters had lost their constitutional right and asked Election Commission to give a clear explanation.

The MP also raised concerns about the 2023 law on the appointment of Election Commissioners. The law set up a selection committee with the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, and a nominated Union Cabinet Minister.

Call to protect voting rights

"Democracy does not belong to any one person or institution. It is the right of every Indian. Our struggle will continue until every citizen's right to vote is protected," Gaddam said.

A lawyers' body has set up a commission of former judges. The commission will study whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists is legally valid. It will also look at how SIR affects voters across the country.

The panel will review the process closely. It will check the impact of SIR on electoral rolls. It will also see if the process follows the law as it stands today.

Why This Matters for Voters

This step matters for every voter who might be affected by changes to the voter list. Such revisions, if not done properly, can lead to eligible names being dropped or errors creeping in.

Legal experts and citizens should keep a close eye on what the commission finds. The outcome could shape how future voter list revisions are carried out in India.

Former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has asked for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after several CPI(M) leaders and youth activists were detained during a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

Vijayan posted on X condemning the arrests of MA Baby, Brinda Karat, and student-youth activists who were peacefully demonstrating against the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision exercise. He called it an attack on democratic rights.

What Vijayan Said

His stance was firm. The Election Commission cannot hold public trust when its actions keep raising serious questions about the integrity of the electoral process. Vijayan said Gyanesh Kumar must take responsibility and resign. He also criticised the Modi government for using police force to stop demands for electoral transparency.

CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby joined the protest and was equally vocal. He said Kumar had been breaking rules that govern the Election Commission's functioning, and demanded his removal. He told reporters that thousands of youth and student leaders from SFI and DYFI had come to Delhi from across the country for this mobilisation. 'Till he is removed, the student youth movement will continue,' Baby said directly.

Brinda Karat also called for Kumar's removal and asked for an immediate halt to the SIR exercise, along with changes to the 2023 law governing the Election Commission.

The protest went ahead even though Delhi Police denied permission and put in place restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has demanded the immediate removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, calling him a puppet of the Union government at

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on October 2 that constitutional bodies, including the Election Commission, cannot work fairly as long as the BJP is in power. He was talking to reporters in Lucknow.

Yadav said both the central government and the poll body are facing heavy scrutiny over the Special Intensive Revision exercise. He accused BJP and the Election Commission of working together to run elections. His comments came as the SIR process was already causing a growing controversy.

As per a report by The Indian Express, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised objections at least 14 times over ten months on matters related to the SIR exercise and other electoral decisions. The reported concerns involved Form 6, voter deletions, and access to electoral-roll databases.

The Election Commission rejected these reports. It said such queries and inputs during the draft stage are part of the normal admin process, not disagreement. The Commission also said decisions on the SIR schedule were taken unanimously.

Protests broke out at Shivaji Park in Mumbai where activists of Cockroach Janata Party and other groups pointed out problems in the SIR exercise. At Jantar Mantar in Delhi, SFI and DYFI members along with opposition leaders demanded removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Many opposition leaders were detained under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Among them was AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj. The INDIA bloc has planned more protests, including a programme on October 6 and a big rally in Delhi on November 1.

Cockroach Janta Party, a Gen Z political group, started a nationwide campaign on Friday. They are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter roll manipulation.

Protests hit Mumbai

Hundreds of CJP supporters gathered at a protest site in Mumbai. They waved Indian flags and shouted slogans against Kumar. Some carried placards reading "THE JANTA HAS A SPINE, GY..."

BJP leader and Karkala MLA V. Sunil Kumar has taken a strong stand against Congress over its opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka. He says political parties should let the Election Commission of India finish its verification work instead of calling applications fraudulent before they are even examined.

The Form-7 Debate

The dispute centres on Form-7 applications, which are used to request deletion of a name from an electoral roll. Congress leaders have raised alarms about bulk Form-7 filings, claiming eligible voters could be removed from the rolls. Sunil Kumar disagrees. He argues that an application alone does not prove voter deletion or fraud. Election officials must check every claim before any decision is taken.

Congress has been vocal about its concerns. The party organised a protest at Deputy Commissioner's Office in Manipal on September 28, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. District Congress unit in Udupi led the demonstration, alleging irregularities in how the SIR process is being handled.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer has agreed to start legal proceedings against those responsible for fraudulent bulk Form-7 applications. Electoral registration officers have also been told to act where violations are found.

For voters, the real question is simple. Are your name and details correctly listed in the electoral roll? Election authorities will examine all claims and objections before finalising the rolls. The SIR process continues across Karnataka, and this political debate is far from over.

Two of the three Election Commissioners have reportedly raised objections at least 14 times over 10 months. They say key decisions were taken without their knowledge. This is about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a process that has already drawn sharp criticism from the Opposition for allegedly putting extra burden on at-risk citizens.

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi questioned who authorised certain orders. The Election Commission pushed back through two press notes, saying that all SIR-related decisions were unanimous. But the ECI did not address every allegation from the newsreport, which only adds to growing questions about the poll body's credibility.

What This Means Going Ahead

Internal friction like this is rare and serious. When commissioners themselves are questioning the process, it raises real doubts about impartiality and clarity. Court scrutiny is already underway. What happens next will matter a lot for how Indian voters trust the electoral process.

Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav has raised serious questions about how the Election Commission of India has been running its business. Speaking in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh on October 2, he said these concerns have been coming up since 2022 and even before that.

Yadav claimed the rules framed by Election Commission lacked agreement among the three Election Commissioners. He said the amendment made to Form 6 did not follow the law or the Constitution. He also called the decision to take away appeal powers from field-level officials like PROs legally wrong.

He did not hold back. "Election Commission is not functioning impartially as a constitutional body," Yadav stated. "This has been proven, and the whole country is aware of it."

Meanwhile, things heated up on the streets. Activists of Cockroach Janata Party and other civil society groups protested at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. They pointed to irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision exercise.

In Delhi, members of Students Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India staged demonstrations near Jantar Mantar. They were joined by CPI(M) representatives and other opposition leaders. All of them demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Police restrictions and metro closures

Delhi Police did not give permission for the protest. They imposed restrictions under Section 163 of BNSS, 2023, banning assemblies of five or more people. Security was also beefed up across central Delhi.

On top of this, Delhi Metro closed entry and exit points at 11 nearby stations, including Janpath, Patel Chowk, and Rajiv Chowk.

All these protests are happening during a growing wave of opposition and civil society challenges to Election Commission's conduct and the ongoing SIR exercise.