Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Final Voter Roll Deferred to November 4
Maharashtra is checking and updating its voter list.
The Election Commission of India changed the schedule for this work.
The draft voter list will be released on August 31.
People can check the draft and submit claims or objections until September 30.
Officials will review these submissions until October 29.
The final voter list will be released on November 4.
This is later than the earlier planned date of October 7.
Officials finished visiting homes and collecting forms on August 17.
Of Maharashtra’s 9.78 crore electors, 7.71 crore submitted completed forms.
The Election Commission of India will publish Maharashtra’s draft electoral roll on August 31.
Voters can file claims and objections against the draft from August 31 to September 30.
The final electoral roll will be published on November 4, replacing the earlier October 7 deadline.
Polling-station rationalisation and rearrangement must be completed by August 24.
Maharashtra has 9.78 crore electors; 7.71 crore submitted enumeration forms, while 2.07 crore were classified as “Uncollectable EF.”
- Who
- The Election Commission of India, Maharashtra election officials, political parties and voters are involved.
- What
- The schedule for Maharashtra’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has been revised.
- When
- The draft roll will be published on August 31, claims and objections will be accepted until September 30, and the final roll will be published on November 4.
- Where
- Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- The revised schedule was issued after a request from Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer.
- Draft electoral roll
- To be published on August 31
- Claims and objections
- Can be filed from August 31 to September 30
- Claims disposal
- The notice and disposal process will continue until October 29
- Final electoral roll
- To be published on November 4; the earlier deadline was October 7
- Polling-station work
- Rationalisation and rearrangement to be completed by August 24
- Total electors
- 9.78 crore
- Enumeration results
- 7.71 crore electors, or 78.85%, submitted forms; 2.07 crore were classified as “Uncollectable EF”
