Voter list revision in Odisha, five more: draft roll November 30

The Election Commission of India has ordered a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in six states and Union Territories: Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Mizoram, Odisha and Sikkim. The Commission announced the exercise on Thursday, 5 November 2026, in a letter dated 4 November. Draft voter lists will be published on Monday, 30 November 2026, and the final rolls on Thursday, 21 January 2027, with 1 January 2027 as the qualifying date for new voters.

The electoral roll is the official list of people allowed to vote in a constituency. A summary revision is the routine yearly update of that list: names of new voters are added, people who have died or moved away are removed, and mistakes in names, addresses or photographs are corrected. It differs from an intensive revision, in which officials prepare the roll afresh through house-to-house enumeration. The summary route works on the existing roll, with voters and parties filing claims and objections on the draft.

For citizens in the six states and UTs, the dates matter most. A young person who turns 18 by 1 January 2027 can get on the roll in this round and will be able to vote in any election held after the final list is published. Those who find their name missing or wrongly entered in the draft on 30 November have until 30 December to file a claim or objection. The advance-application facility lets people who turn 18 later in 2027 apply now, so their names can be added in the quarterly updates.

The Commission has asked the chief secretaries of the states and UTs concerned to provide enough staff and resources for the exercise. Claims and objections must be decided before the final roll is published.

Peepals calculation: Voters get 31 days, from 30 November to 30 December inclusive, to check the draft and file claims or objections. Officials then have 17 more days, until 16 January, to decide on them, and the final roll follows five days later. In all, 52 days separate the draft roll from the final roll (31 days of December plus 21 of January). Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: Election offices in the six states and UTs will prepare the draft rolls for 30 November and then take in claims, objections and corrections for a month.

Long-term: An accurate roll reduces the chance of eligible voters being left out and of duplicate or dead voters remaining listed. The rolls finalised on 21 January will be the base for any elections and by-elections held in these areas in 2027.

Who is affected: Voters in Odisha, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; young people turning 18 by 1 January 2027; and political parties and election staff in these areas.

What to watch next: Publication of the draft rolls on 30 November 2026, and the final rolls on 21 January 2027.

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