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ERONET Software Sparks Controversy: ECI Faces Scrutiny Over Electoral Roll Management
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Moneycontrol•23-09-2026, 15:42
ERONET Software Sparks Controversy: ECI Faces Scrutiny Over Electoral Roll Management
- •The Election Commission of India (ECI) is embroiled in controversy over its ERONET software, used for maintaining electoral rolls, following reports of internal objections and public discussion.
- •Concerns have been raised about ERONET, now part of the ECINET umbrella platform, regarding who controls the voter database and whether technology limits the powers of statutory election officials.
- •Voters in Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Delhi have received notices under a controversial 'logical discrepancy' category, flagged by ERONET due to mismatches with older, language-specific base rolls.
- •The 'logical discrepancy' category gained national attention during West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and is now central to political and legal disputes.
- •The Supreme Court expressed concern over the 33 lakh "mechanical" notices sent to Delhi voters during the SIR, urging the ECI to improve infrastructure and increase BLOs to address elector concerns.
Key Questions Answered
ERONET is the software used by Electoral Registration Officers to maintain electoral rolls, process enumeration forms, and match current electors with base rolls, and it now sits within the ECINET umbrella platform.
The logical discrepancy category has drawn national attention and legal scrutiny for being cited as the basis to issue mass mechanical notices to lakhs of voters in states like West Bengal and Delhi.
Internal concerns focused on who controls the voter database and whether technology was limiting the powers of statutory election officials.
