The BLO said her relatives had submitted a statement saying she didn’t live there. A senior official admitted it was the BLO’s fault,” she said. New Delhi: For Nazmeen of Mangolpuri’s Block Y, the SIR process took an unexpected turn. She gave her uncle’s permanent address but didn’t receive her enumeration form. “No proof was shown to me. I eventually got my form.
The group flagged over 11 lakh deletions between Jan 2025 and June 2026. The roll grew by 1.7 lakh in 2025 but fell by 11.7 lakh in the first six months of 2026, with almost 3.4 lakh deletions in April alone. During SIR, over 47.5 lakh were flagged as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate: 66.4% permanently shifted, 24.7% absent/untraceable, 5.9% dead and 3% duplicate, it said. The group alleged that at Bela Estate, 909 people were on the roll in 2025, 729 before SIR and just one after SIR. He said the BLO visited the area and forms were completed and verified by July 2026. We showed records from 1961, 1975, 2002 and 2025, but they weren’t accepted,” he said.
Because this is a kachcha area, “The SDM said our names would be removed.
Satpal, a Rajokari Pahadi resident for five decades, said his SIR form never arrived. Another resident, Manju, said she was marked ‘absent’. “I simply didn’t get my form in time,” she said. Kamal, a Bela Estate resident, said it was unfair to link their electoral status to the possible demolition of jhuggis in the area. Kamal said.
For some, the issue was deeply personal. “I haven’t shifted even once. Then why was my name suddenly cut? Her family questioned how she could have been marked dead without verification. Residents were later asked for electricity bills or registry documents.
“If our names were valid last year, why are they suddenly being questioned now?
Under Section 19 of RP Act, an elector must be an ordinary resident of the constituency. Those who have shifted can apply through Form 8; deletion from the old address follows only after enrolment at the new address.
Responding to an X post alleging exclusion of electors from demolished colonies, EC said forms are distributed to electors found residing at their registered address.