Gurgaon: Despite a 10-day extension granted by Election Commission for the special intensive revision (SIR)-2026, Gurgaon has made only marginal progress in voter enumeration, with digitisation rising from nearly 66% on July 14 to just 68.9% by July 19.The district has digitised 10.7 lakh enumeration forms out of 15.5 lakh electors — a gain of only about three percentage points since the original deadline expired. Gurgaon remains well below the Haryana average of 83%, leaving nearly one in three electors yet to be covered.Performance varies sharply across the district’s four assembly constituencies. Gurgaon assembly is the worst performer at 58.1% digitisation, with only 2.61 lakh of its roughly 4.5 lakh electors’ forms uploaded so far. Badshapur, the state’s largest assembly constituency by electorate, has reached 65%, with 3.52 lakh of 5.41 lakh forms uploaded. Sohna and Pataudi have fared better, at 79% and 84%, respectively.Officials attribute the slow pace to gated communities, locked houses, and migrant populations. Election officials had expected the extension to significantly improve coverage after BLOs reported difficulty accessing such households, but the latest figures suggest the extra time has yielded only incremental gains.The slow progress has prompted the administration to step up monitoring ahead of the revised July 24 deadline. On Monday, Badshapur SDM and electoral registration officer Sanjeev Singla inspected booths 160, 161 and 164 in Dhanwapur village — among those flagged for poor form collection — and directed booth-level officers (BLOs) to intensify door-to-door visits.Separately, Haryana joint chief electoral officer Raj Kumar Lohan conducted surprise inspections across Gurgaon and Badshapur, covering polling booths in sectors 4, 7, 15, 27, 31, 40, 43, 45, 46, 52, 54 and 56, and several colonies. He reviewed document verification and the inclusion and deletion of voter entries, and instructed officials to ensure no eligible voter is left out.“BLOs have made more than three visits, and we have asked political representatives to help. Besides, people who were out for work can now complete the SIR process,” Singla said.
