Name Missing From the Draft Electoral Roll: Form 6, 6A, 7 or 8?

If your name is missing from the draft electoral roll published under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), file Form 6 with the Declaration Form during your state's claims-and-objections period. That applies even if you were on the roll before SIR. The usual reason for a missing name is that your enumeration form was never returned, or you were marked as shifted. Form 8 corrects an entry that is there but wrong, Form 7 objects to an entry that shouldn't be there, and Form 6A is only for Indian citizens living abroad.

The rest of this post shows how to match your situation to a form, what documents each form takes, and what to do if the claims period in your state has already closed.

First, confirm the name is really missing

Search before you file. A name can look missing when it has only moved to a different part (polling area) or is spelled differently.

1. Search by EPIC number on the ECI's electoral search, or by name and relative's name if you don't have the EPIC.
2. Download the draft roll for your part from voters.eci.gov.in and check the street-wise entries.
3. If you have your EPIC number, the free electoral roll search on myutils.me shows your current part and serial number and opens the part's roll PDF. It uses the Election Commission's public data and isn't run by the ECI.
4. Look at your state CEO's list of absent, shifted, dead and duplicate electors for your booth. Delhi publishes it as the ASDD list. If your name is there, it tells you why you were left out of the draft.

If you are in the draft but in a new part, nothing needs filing. See why your part number changed after SIR.

Which form for which situation

The CEO Delhi's SIR FAQ (questions 21, 28 and 30) gives Form 6 with the Declaration Form for anyone missing from the draft because their enumeration form didn't reach the Booth Level Officer (BLO), including people who moved house. The Declaration Form (Annexure-IV) says it goes with Form 6, or with Form 8 when shifting from another state.

Form 6: getting your name added

Form 6 is the "Application Form for New Voters" under rule 13(1) of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. It asks for:

• Photo: a recent passport-size colour photograph.
• Aadhaar: the number, or a tick saying you don't have one. Aadhaar is optional.
• Date-of-birth proof, any one: birth certificate, Aadhaar, PAN card, driving licence, Class X or XII certificate showing the date of birth, or an Indian passport.
• Address proof, any one, in your name or a parent's, spouse's or adult child's who is already enrolled at that address: a water, electricity or gas bill (at least one year), Aadhaar, a current bank or post office passbook, an Indian passport, land records including Kisan Bahi, a registered rent agreement, or a registered sale deed.
• A family member already enrolled at the same address, with their EPIC number, if there is one.

During SIR, Form 6 goes with the Declaration Form. It asks for your entry, or a parent's or grandparent's, in your state's last intensive-revision roll, plus your parents' and spouse's names and EPIC numbers. If those last-SIR details can't be found or don't match, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) can issue a notice asking for documents. Which documents depends on when you were born. Our post on names missing from the 2002-03 roll covers how to search the old roll and the full document list.

A worked example

Arjun turned 18 in August 2026 and lives with his mother in Delhi. She is in the draft roll. Delhi's qualifying date is 1 October 2026, so he can apply.

1. On voters.eci.gov.in he fills Form 6 with his Class X certificate as date-of-birth proof. He gives his mother's EPIC number as the family member at the same address, and her electricity bill as address proof.
2. In the Declaration Form he gives his mother's entry in Delhi's 2002 roll. He wasn't born in 2002, so he links through her.
3. He keeps the acknowledgement number and tracks the application on the portal.

Born after 2 December 2004, Arjun would need documents for himself and both parents if a notice came. A matched link to his mother's old entry is meant to avoid that.

Form 8: when the entry is there but wrong

Form 8 (rule 13(3)) covers four things. Tick one per form:

1. Shifting of residence: with address proof from the same list as Form 6. Your old EPIC is returned and a replacement issued.
2. Correction of entries: name, gender, date of birth or age, relation type, relation name, address, mobile number or photo, up to four items per form. Attach a self-attested proof for each change.
3. Replacement EPIC without correction: for a card that is lost, damaged or destroyed. For a lost card, attach a copy of the FIR or police report.
4. Marking as a person with disability.

Use Form 8 only if your entry appears in the draft. If it doesn't, there is nothing to correct, and you need Form 6.

Form 7: objecting to an entry

Form 7 (rule 13(2)) is for deleting an entry from the roll or objecting to a proposed inclusion. The reasons are death, under age, absent or permanently shifted, already enrolled, or not an Indian citizen. Any elector registered in that constituency can file it. You can also file it for your own name if you are enrolled twice. The guidelines on the form say "the onus of proof to substantiate the reason given for objection or removal of name lies with the applicant". Attach a death certificate where that is the reason. Every form ends with a declaration that a false statement is punishable under section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, with up to a year's imprisonment, a fine, or both.

Form 6A: for overseas electors

Form 6A (rule 8B) is for an Indian citizen who has not taken another country's citizenship and is living abroad for employment, education or another reason. You are enrolled at the address in your Indian passport. Attach self-attested copies of the passport pages and your current visa. A resident Indian who simply isn't in the draft uses Form 6, not 6A.

Where and by when

Forms can be filed online on voters.eci.gov.in or the ECINET app, or on paper with your BLO, at the Assistant ERO's or ERO's office, or at special camps at polling stations. You get an acknowledgement number to track the application.

Timing depends on your state. In the ECI's SIR phase III schedule (press note of 14 May 2026), the claims-and-objections window runs for about a month after each state's draft roll. Several states have since revised their dates, so check your state CEO's SIR page for the current deadline. Names cleared during claims and objections go into the final roll; see how to check your name in the SIR final roll. If you miss the window, you can still file Form 6 after the final roll; eligible names are added in a later update of the roll. If your name is still not in the final roll, the CEO Delhi FAQ says you can appeal to the District Election Officer or District Magistrate within 15 days.

FAQ

I was a voter for years. Why do I have to file Form 6 as a "new voter"?

Under SIR, only electors whose enumeration forms came back are carried into the draft roll. If yours didn't, you are re-enrolling, and CEO Delhi's FAQ points such electors to Form 6 with the Declaration Form.

Can I use Form 8 to get back into the roll after being marked "shifted"?

Not if your name has been left out of the draft. Form 8 changes an existing entry. CEO Delhi's FAQ (question 30) asks people marked "Permanently Shifted" to file Form 6 at the new address.

Is Aadhaar compulsory on Form 6 or Form 8?

No. Both forms let you tick that you are not able to give an Aadhaar number because you don't have one.

Someone on my street has died but is still in the draft roll. What do I file?

Form 7, choosing deletion due to death and attaching the death certificate if you have it. You must be registered in the same constituency.

Do I need a new voter ID card after my entry is corrected?

Form 8 includes a request for a replacement EPIC when details change. Return the old card as the form asks.

Sources

• Form 6, Form 6A, Form 7 and Form 8 (Election Commission of India forms), CEO Delhi
• FAQ on Special Intensive Revision 2026, CEO Delhi
• Declaration Form (Annexure-IV), CEO Delhi
• ECI Press Note ECI/PN/086/2026 on SIR Phase III (copy on meghalaya.gov.in)
• Voters' Service Portal, Election Commission of India
• Electoral Search, Election Commission of India