Electoral Rolls
Quality, Accuracy, and the Importance of Synchronisation
Electoral rolls are the backbone of democratic elections. Inaccurate rolls — with duplicate entries, dead voters, or missing eligible voters — undermine electoral integrity. Currently, electoral rolls for Panchayat/Municipal elections (maintained by SECs) and for Parliament/State Assembly elections (maintained by ECI) are separate — leading to duplication of the expensive enumeration process and divergent roll quality.
- ECI's Electoral Roll Management: NVSP (National Voters' Service Portal), door-to-door enumeration, photo electoral rolls (EPIC), Aadhaar linkage drive.
- ECINET: ECI's integrated digital platform connecting returning officers, district collectors, and observers for election management.
- SECs' limitation: Most SECs lack the resources, technology, and institutional capacity of ECI — local body electoral rolls are often less accurate.
- Sharing ECI rolls with SECs: Proposed under the Declaration — would mean voters need to register only once and appear on both Panchayat and Parliamentary rolls.
- IIIDEM (India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management): ECI's training institute — proposed to be opened for SEC staff and officials.
● Tracked since February 25, 2026 · last seen May 15, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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