Election Commission of India removes SIR declaration from online Form 6, makes it a separate form on ECINet

Key facts

• The Election Commission of India has removed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) declaration from the online Form 6 on its ECINet portal in states where SIR is still under way, and it is now available as a separate form.
• The ER Division decided on October 21, 2026 that the online application shall be in two parts: Form 6 as prescribed under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, and the SIR Declaration.
• Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected to the change: Joshi wrote on May 16 that no such change could be made without a legal amendment, and Sandhu called it unauthorised and illegal on August 13.
• In a counter-affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on October 26, the Commission maintained that Form 6 was never amended and can only be amended by the Central Government.
• On October 12, the Supreme Court said it had neither approved nor disapproved the modified Form 6.
• The Commission directed on September 29 a special drive to enrol voters left out of rolls in states where SIR is complete, and ordered a Special Summary Revision in 17 states and Union Territories this month.
• An audit committee for ECINet, headed by a Senior Deputy Election Commissioner and including experts from IIT Bombay and IISc Bengaluru, was constituted by circular on October 14.
• Of Goa's 97 voters deleted despite being cleared for inclusion, 88 have filled Form 6 with applications accepted, six are out of the country, and three hold Portuguese passports.