Shillong, Oct 12: With 95.35% of notice hearings done, Meghalaya is set to publish its Final Electoral Roll on October 26, the Chief Electoral Officer said on Monday.
CEO Dr B D R Tiwari, after holding a virtual review with all Deputy Commissioners, District Election Officers, EROs, AEROs and political parties, said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 is in the last leg.
Of the 21.69 lakh electors in the Draft Roll, notices were issued to 6.51 lakh electors – 2.22 lakh for no mapping and 4.28 lakh for mapping discrepancies. Hearings have been completed for 6.21 lakh cases. While 2,641 electors were found ineligible, 20.86 lakh have been cleared for the final roll.
The process also saw 28,627 claims and objections: 17,248 for inclusion (Form 6), 1,963 for deletion (Form 7), 1,673 for shifting and 7,743 for corrections (Form 8).
Tiwari asked officials to dispose of pending applications on time as per ECI norms.
He said a special enrolment drive for left out and first-time voters will follow after publication, reiterating that enrolment is continuous and anyone left out can still apply.
Voters have been urged to check their names after Oct 26 via their BLO or on http://voters.eci.gov.in. EPIC alone won’t allow voting unless the name is in the roll.
