Amid bulk filing, ECI sets limit on Form 7 submissions

The ECI said bulk Form 7 applications by individual voters on unsubstantiated grounds inconvenience the elector objected upon and increases workload on field-level functionaries.  | Photo Credit: S.K. Dinesh

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday (October 9, 2026) capped the number of Form 7s a voter can submit to contain bulk applications seeking deletion of voter names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in many States.

The maximum number of applications during the period of claims and objections an individual elector can file has been capped at 10, while applications during the continuous updation of electoral rolls by a voter has been fixed at five per month. These will apply to both online and physical forms.

Till now, there was no limit prescribed on the number of physical Form 7s a voter can file.

The Hindu has reported from Rajasthan, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Karnataka on the submission of bulk Form 7s in the name of BJP leaders.

For the SIR period, the Commission has already allowed booth-level agents (BLAs) of the recognised political parties to file applications in bulk, subject to the condition that the BLA shall not submit more than 50 forms per day to the booth-level officer before the draft publication of electoral rolls, and 10 forms per day thereafter.