Assam CEO: Existing voters safe; evicted residents can re-enroll at new address

As the Election Commission rolled out ‘Special Revision’ (SR) of electoral rolls of Assam from Tuesday, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anurag Goel stressed that existing voters will not face any problem under the exercise.

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He emphasised that new residents can also enroll themselves, including people evicted from encroached government land, by producing their previous voter details, as the state prepares for assembly elections early next year.

Addressing a press conference here, Goel said, “The purpose of the SR is to ensure that all eligible voters are included and ineligible removed from electoral rolls.”

The EC had on Monday ordered SR for Assam with January 1, 2026, as the qualifying date to carry out the exercise, The final voter list based on it will be published on February 10.