ECI extends Maharashtra voter roll claims and objections deadline to November 13

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has once again extended the last date for submitting claims and objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter roll in Maharashtra. This is the fourth time the date has been extended. Eligible voters can now submit their applications until November 13, 2026. People who want their names added to the voter list, or a mistake in the draft voter roll corrected, have been given a little more time.

The deadline had earlier been set for October 26. When the date was extended, there was concern that many eligible voters could miss the chance to get their names included in the voter roll.

The SIR exercise has been under way across Maharashtra for the past two months. The draft voter roll was published on August 31. It is said that about two crore names were allegedly removed from it compared with the previous voter list.

According to the latest figures, a total of 18,79,584 applications, claims and objections have been submitted so far. Most of them are Form 6 applications, which are filed for registration of new voters; 12,14,713 such applications have come in. Under Form 8, 6,02,199 applications have been submitted for corrections to voter list details. Under Form 7, 62,672 applications have been received for deletion of names from the voter list.

According to the Election Commission's revised schedule, the notice period and the disposal of claims and objections will continue until November 25, 2026. Maharashtra's final voter list is then due to be published on November 30, 2026.

Maharashtra is among the 19 states and Union Territories where the SIR process is under way. The qualifying date for the process has been set as October 1, 2026.

The extension is expected to benefit first-time voters. Eligible citizens whose names do not appear in the draft voter list will also get another chance to complete their registration, and to make sure their details are correctly entered in the final voter list.