New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Election Commission on Tuesday said previously enrolled voters can submit Form 6 for inclusion as electors if their names are missing from draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls.

The clarification came days after the Supreme Court asked ECI not to make nearly 4.3 million Delhi residents - whose names were removed from the electoral rolls after they could not be found at their last known addresses - reapply as new voters through Form 6 provided they were on the 2026 rolls. Instead, it suggested that such voters be permitted to restore their names through Form 8, which is intended for address-related changes, or through the enumeration process.

In a letter to all state chief electoral officers, ECI said that...