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Jharkhand CEO: No Further Extension for Electoral Roll Claims, Objections
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News18•29-09-2026, 18:00
Jharkhand CEO: No Further Extension for Electoral Roll Claims, Objections
- •Jharkhand CEO K Ravi Kumar announced that the deadline for filing claims and objections against electoral roll deletions under the SIR ends on September 30.
- •The Election Commission previously extended the deadline twice for voters' convenience, but no further extensions are planned.
- •The focus will now shift to digitizing physical forms received for Form-6, Form-7, and Form-8 applications.
- •A proposal has been sent to the Election Commission for an extension in the period for issuing notices and conducting verifications.
- •The CEO met with political parties, providing booth-wise data and urging cooperation to ensure error-free electoral rolls through the SIR-2026 process.
Key Questions Answered
The deadline for filing claims and objections against the deletion of names from the electoral rolls under the SIR will end on September 30, with no further extensions being considered by the Election Commission.
The publication of the revised electoral roll in Jharkhand is scheduled for October 19.
By Monday, approximately 6.32 lakh applications had been received under Form-6, along with 11,732 objections under Form-7 and 4.27 lakh applications under Form-8.
