The clarification came days after the Supreme Court asked ECI not to make nearly 4.3 million Delhi residents reapply as new voters.
The Election Commission on Tuesday said previously enrolled voters can submit Form 6 for inclusion as electors if their names are missing from draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls.
The clarification came days after the Supreme Court asked ECI not to make nearly 4.3 million Delhi residents – whose names were removed from the electoral rolls after they could not be found at their last known addresses – reapply as new voters through Form 6 provided they were on the 2026 rolls. Instead, it suggested that such voters be permitted to restore their names through Form 8, which is intended for address-related changes, or through the enumeration process.
In a letter to all state chief electoral officers, ECI said that it was brought to its notice that certain people whose names did not figure in the draft electoral roll published during the ongoing SIR were hesitant to submit Form 6 as they were also required to furnish a declaration to the effect that their name was being included in the electoral rolls for the first time.
“Therefore, such electors believe that submission of Form 6, in view of their previous enrolment, would amount to making a false declaration and render them liable for prosecution under Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950,” it said.
