Maharashtra draft electoral roll for all 288 Assembly constituencies out; check your name on the voter list

A minimum of 2.08 crore voters, or 21.14% of Maharashtra’s pre-Particular Intensive Revision voters, haven’t been included within the draft electoral roll revealed on Monday (August 31) following the SIR exercise across all 288 Assembly constituencies within the State.

Of the 9.78 crore voters on the rolls earlier than the revision train, round 7.71 crore, or 78.86%, have been included within the draft roll. These embrace round 3.95 crore male voters, 3.75 crore feminine voters and three,087 third-gender voters.

In accordance with election authorities, the two.08 crore voters excluded from the draft embrace these whose enumeration varieties weren’t acquired as a result of they may not be discovered at their registered addresses, had shifted from these addresses, had died, had duplicate registrations, or for different causes, together with refusal to submit enumeration varieties. The Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra, has additionally revealed lists of voters who have been on the sooner electoral rolls however are usually not a part of the SIR 2026 draft.

Voters can examine whether or not their names have been included by way of the Election Commission of India’s Voter Service Portal. The portal additionally offers services associated to the continued SIR train and voter registration.

Eligible voters whose names are lacking from the draft, in addition to new voters who flip 18 on or earlier than the qualifying date of October 1, 2026, can submit Type 6 together with the prescribed declaration in the course of the claims and objections interval from August 31 to September 30. After verification, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) will determine on the applying, and eligible voters may be included within the last electoral roll.

A voter from the involved constituency can file an objection to an entry by way of Type 7, whereas voters in search of corrections to particulars corresponding to their identify, tackle, age, or gender can apply by way of Type 8. The ECI’s Voter Service Portal lists Type 6 for brand new voter registration and Type 7 for deletion-related functions.

The disposal of claims, objections and notices will proceed till October 29, following which the ultimate electoral roll is scheduled to be revealed on November 4.

If an software in search of inclusion or modification is rejected because of the absence of prescribed paperwork, the voter can submit a recent software with the required paperwork or attraction underneath Part 24 of the Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1950.

The ECI has additionally warned that making a false declaration or assertion whereas making use of for identify inclusion, correction, or deletion within the electoral roll makes the involved individual liable to imprisonment for as much as 1 yr, a advantageous, or each, underneath Part 31 of the Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1950.

As a part of the SIR train, 394 new polling stations have been created along with the present 1,00,253 polling stations. 431 polling stations have been decreased on account of a lower in voters, which makes the full variety of polling stations now 1,00,216.

The areas of 1,403 polling stations have been modified, together with the shifting of polling stations that have been established in momentary buildings inside Mumbai Metropolis, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, and Palghar districts to everlasting areas/buildings inside the identical polling station space, as per the ECI’s directions to relocate polling stations to everlasting websites.