India Explained

Elections & Democracy

Electoral rolls

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

By lead party of the government

1 entry was decided by an independent institution and is not counted for any party.

6 of 6 parties have no entry here yet.

By decade

  • 1950s0
  • 1960s0
  • 1970s0
  • 1980s0
  • 1990s0
  • 2000s0
  • 2010s0
  • 2020s1

Dossiers

  • TopicOngoing

    Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls

    The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, begun in Bihar in June 2025 and extended state by state, with figures, court rulings, party positions and disputed claims as of 12 October 2026.

    Facts as of

Actions in time order, by government

  1. Narendra Modi, 9 Jun 2024 to present

    BJP NDA government

    • ImplementedIndependent institution: no party creditUnsettled

      Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls

      ECI ordered a house-to-house rebuild of Bihar's roll on 24 June 2025 and extended it to other States; the Supreme Court upheld it on 27 May 2026 while limiting the ECI's citizenship inquiry; West Bengal appeals continue.

      Evidence points +4.5 (range +4.0 to +5.0)