New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday set a ceiling on the number of Form 7 applications a single elector can file, saying bulk objections on "unsubstantiated grounds" were inconveniencing voters and overloading field staff.

In an instruction to the chief electoral officers of all states and Union territories (UTs), the poll body said an individual elector can file at most 10 Form 7 applications during the entire claims-and-objections period. During continuous updation of electoral rolls, the cap is five per month. The limits apply to both online and offline filings, it said.

The Commission said that while online filings were capped at six at a time, "the number of physical forms presented in bulk has not...