NationalTuesday, 18 August 2026·The Hindu - National
Maharashtra SIR: 2.07 crore uncollected voter forms, 78.64% digitisation and 2002 roll revision context
Maharashtra’s Special Intensive Revision has left over 2.07 crore enumeration forms uncollected, with 78.64% of electors digitised as of August 17, 2026.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In August 2026, Maharashtra’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) showed 2,07,93,916 uncollected voter enumeration forms out of 9,78,54,049 electors, while the Election Commission of India said the exercise was being repeated after 2002 to clean up stale rolls.
Key specifics
- Maharashtra has 9,78,54,049 electors, and 7,69,52,262 forms were digitised, equal to 78.64%.
- 2,07,93,916 electors, or 21.25%, were deleted due to uncollected Enumeration Forms (EFs).
- The SEC bulletin dated August 13 listed 33,94,053 deceased voters, 63,61,113 untraceable voters, 71,95,388 permanently shifted voters, and 1,43,556 others.
- The SIR in Maharashtra began in the third phase along with 21 States and Union Territories.
- Urban districts Thane, Pune, Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban accounted for 45.4% of uncollected forms among 94.47 lakh voters.
Exam lens
Polity and election administration question: SIR, SEC, ECI, 2002 revision, and voter-roll cleansing categories are the key facts; TNPSC may ask which body conducts revision and what types of deleted voters are listed.