Goa, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, and West Bengal did not receive an extension, and their enumeration window ended today. Their draft electoral rolls will be published on December 16. Bengal now becomes the next major political battleground, with elections due early next year.

The revised deadlines set Tamil Nadu and Gujarat’s enumeration to end on December 14. Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will finish by December 18, while Uttar Pradesh gets time until December 26. Draft rolls will follow on staggered dates between December 19 and December 31.

The EC had already revised Kerala’s schedule earlier, setting enumeration until December 18.

Opposition parties strongly criticised the original deadlines. Congress, TMC, CPI(M), and Samajwadi Party argued that BLOs were overburdened and voters were inconvenienced. EC data shows 50.8 crore forms have been digitised, while 23.22 lakh remain pending.

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Of the names identified for removal, approximately 6 to 6.5 lakh belong to deceased voters, based on data collected by booth level officers (BLOs) during door-to-door distribution and collection of forms. A significant number of duplicate, permanently shifted and untraceable voters have also been detected. EC officials clarified that any valid claim submitted during the verification window will ensure the reinstatement of eligible voters.

West Bengal has distributed 7.64 crore forms out of an electorate of over 7.66 crore, achieving nearly 99.75% coverage. CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal said more than 80,600 BLOs, 8,000 supervisors and other election officials are involved in the exercise, which began on November 4. Many of the 10 lakh flagged entries fall under “uncollectable” forms due to absenteeism or invalid records.

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