EC: 3.27 crore new electors aged 18-28 added

As of June 2025, the Election Commission has added 3.27 crore new electors aged between 18 and 28 years to the voter rolls across the country, according to officials. This increase came after the commission implemented a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar in June 2024. The SIR mandated that new voters, in addition to providing their own details, must also include information about their parents, who were required to undergo the SIR process as well.

The Election Commission emphasized that the declaration requiring parents' SIR details was added through official instructions and not through an amendment to Form 6, the registration form. This change has been met with objections from Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, who claim the modifications are illegal and unauthorized. They argue that the new requirements will negatively affect young voters.

As of now, there are 17.38 crore voters in the 18-28 age group. The EC functionaries noted that daily SIR bulletins for Bihar indicated that forms filled online could not be processed until the declaration about parents' SIR status was completed. This requirement aims to streamline the electoral process and reduce the number of documents new voters need to submit during registration.