New Delhi, September 2026 — In a massive electoral cleanup exercise, the office of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer has served notices to over 3.16 million voters—roughly a third of all electors in the national capital—following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

High-profile names, including Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, were among the voters flagged for record discrepancies, underscoring the widespread scale of the verification drive.

Unveiling the Draft Rolls and Discrepancy Categories

Nearly three weeks after the draft electoral roll for Delhi was released on August 31, election authorities published the official list of electors served with notices late Friday.

Voters who have been flagged must now submit their responses along with required documentation to election authorities to ensure their inclusion in the final electoral roll. The affected electors are categorized primarily into two major sections:

1. No-Mapping Voters: Individuals who could not be linked with the electoral roll of the previous revision in 2002. Out of the total 9,753,577 electors published in the draft rolls, 1,379,785 have been placed in this category.
2. Logical Discrepancies: Voters whose current entries bore inconsistencies or contradictions when compared with previous records. This group accounts for 1,933,134 electors.

While these two categories combined total 3,312,919 electors, the latest official figure puts the number of generated notices at 3,163,930. Election officials clarified that this gap exists because thousands of additional notices are still in the process of being generated.

Strict Deadlines Ahead

The Election Commission has laid down a tight timeline for rectifying these discrepancies before the upcoming elections:

• Document Submission: Voters who have received notices are required to submit their replies and supporting identity/residence documents directly to their respective Electoral Registration Officers (EROs).
• Decision Deadline: The Election Commission must adjudicate and take a final decision on all submitted notices by October 29.
• Final Roll Publication: The capital’s final, updated electoral roll is officially scheduled to be published on November 4.

Bottom Line

The Special Intensive Revision in Delhi has exposed millions of anomalies in the capital’s voting database, bringing administrative record-keeping under sharp focus. With top political leaders and a massive chunk of Delhi’s electorate swept into the compliance net, the coming weeks will prove critical as authorities race against a strict November deadline to finalize the city’s voter registry.