The Election Commission of India has postponed the publication of Uttarakhand’s final electoral roll from 15 September to 3 October 2026. The decision follows a large backlog of claims and objections filed during the Special Intensive Revision. Electoral registration officers have so far cleared only about 25 percent of the applications received, leaving nearly three quarters still under process.
Chief Electoral Officer Dr B.V.R.C. Purushottam confirmed the revised schedule. The deadline for disposing of all pending claims and objections has been extended from 11 September to 28 September. The additional time is intended to allow administrative teams to complete scrutiny of the remaining cases before the final list is published.
Between 14 July and 13 August, the Commission received 3,19,309 applications across Forms 6, 7 and 8. Of these, only 80,239 have been disposed of. That leaves 2,39,070 applications still pending. The numbers break down as follows. Form 7 deletion and objection requests totalled 1,30,382, of which 44,132 have been settled, leaving 86,250 still under scrutiny. Form 6 applications for new voter inclusion numbered 1,37,146, of which only 22,567 have been cleared, leaving 1,14,579 in process. Form 8 requests for corrections or shifts stood at 51,781, of which 13,540 have been resolved, leaving 38,241 pending.
The draft electoral roll published on 14 July recorded 71,33,052 registered electors. During the revision drive the administration issued statutory verification notices to 24,30,387 electors, more than one third of the state’s entire electorate. Hearings have been completed for 24,29,524 of those notice recipients, leaving only 863 cases pending on that track. Officials report that all districts except Udham Singh Nagar, Haridwar, and Dehradun have reached hundred percent completion of notice hearings.
The volume of Form 7 deletion requests has drawn particular attention. Earlier reporting during the revision had already highlighted concentrations of bulk objections in certain constituencies, especially in the plains districts. With 86,250 of those deletion applications still unresolved the final composition of the roll will depend heavily on how the remaining cases are decided in the next three weeks.
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The extension reflects the scale of the exercise rather than any change in the underlying rules. The Special Intensive Revision required door to door verification large scale notice generation and the processing of a sudden surge in both inclusion and deletion requests. The administrative machinery has managed the notice hearings almost completely, yet the subsequent disposal of the formal claims and objections has moved more slowly.
For the more than one lakh applicants seeking inclusion as new voters, the delay means continued uncertainty about whether their names will appear in the final list. For those facing deletion objections, the extended period provides additional time for hearings and evidence but also prolongs the period of doubt. The final roll scheduled for 3 October will incorporate whatever decisions are taken by 28 September.
Uttarakhand’s electorate is relatively small compared with larger states, yet the intensity of the revision has produced one of the heaviest claims and objections workloads relative to its size. The next three weeks will determine whether the pending applications are resolved through careful individual scrutiny or under pressure of the revised deadline. The quality of that scrutiny will decide how many citizens are added how many are removed and whether the final list commands broad confidence ahead of future electoral contests.
