Over 13,000 officers begin door-to-door Delhi voter roll revision
On Tuesday, over 13,000 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) began a door-to-door campaign across Delhi, including areas such as Mandir Marg, Ansari Nagar (West), and Subhash Mohalla, to launch a special intensive revision of the city's electoral roll. The exercise aims to update the voter list for Delhi's 1.45 crore registered electors ahead of the publication of the final electoral roll on October 7.
By 6 p.m. on the first day, BLOs had distributed 1,68,291 enumeration forms and digitized 7,605 of them, according to Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ashok Kumar. Under the initiative, each elector receives two copies of the form—one to fill out and return, and another to keep as an acknowledgment receipt. No supporting documents are required at this stage, but officials noted that submitting the form is mandatory for inclusion in the final roll.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta urged residents to participate actively in the revision process. In a post on X, she stated that an accurate and up-to-date voter list serves as the foundation of a strong democracy, and she encouraged electors to submit their completed forms to their BLOs on time.
However, the opening day of the drive saw some confusion and technical hurdles among residents in different parts of the city. In the Mandir Marg area, 26-year-old resident Nitin noted that he wanted to verify his details before submitting his form. Nitin stated that because his name was not in the 2002 voter list, he planned to check the Election Commission website and consult his father before returning the form.
Meanwhile, in Ansari Nagar (West), residents expressed confusion regarding the specific documentation and details required. A local BLO clarified to voters that they must carefully fill out the forms with both their 2002 details and their current voter list information. In Subhash Mohalla, an unauthorized settlement in north-east Delhi, a BLO reported a logistical challenge where 15 to 20 houses shared the same house number due to the division of larger plots.
The exercise also drew criticism from the political opposition. Delhi Aam Aadmi Party president Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the revision process lacked transparency. Bharadwaj stated that the Election Commission had previously refused to share the list of deleted voters and their addresses, making it impossible to verify if the individuals whose names were removed actually resided at those locations.
