Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls
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- The ECI announced a special summary revision in 17 States and Union Territories with January 1, 2027 as the qualifying date.
- A special drive will re-enrol persons left out using Form 6 without the ancestry declaration, and Form 7 objections have been capped.
- The ECI will release searchable text PDFs of electoral rolls to parties and candidates.
- The editorial said the exercise follows the SIR and noted that in West Bengal 93% of decided restoration appeals had succeeded, while only about 3% of 38 lakh appeals had been disposed of.
- exam_relevance: tests the specific SSR safeguards and Form 6 fact reported here, including its named institution, number or procedure; the article converts a current event into a precise prelims and mains issue rather than a generic topic.
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