Chadha had applied for inclusion in the electoral roll through Form-6 on August 26, 2026, following which the Electoral Registration Officer approved the application on September 2, 2026, after the mandatory seven-day notice period.
The Election Commission of India’s guidelines state that the final electoral roll is published after the revision period and the disposal of claims and objections. However, once a Form-6 application is approved, the elector’s name begins reflecting in the database immediately and is added in continuation of the last serial number of the draft electoral roll, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, said, as quoted by ANI.
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The clarification comes days after Chadha had accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab of political vendetta after his name was marked as “shifted” in the state’s draft electoral roll, released as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Chadha raised the allegation in a post on X, saying his voter ID was registered in Mohali, Punjab, and questioned why his name had been classified as “shifted” in the draft rolls despite being a sitting MP from the state. “This does not seem like a mere clerical mistake. This is a clear case of political vendetta,” he said.
Chadha, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an AAP nominee in 2022 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this year, noted that the entry could still be corrected since the draft rolls are not final.”Thankfully, these are only the Draft Electoral Rolls, not the Final Electoral Rolls. Names are corrected during the ‘Claims and Objections’ process, which is ongoing. The Final Electoral Rolls will be published in October 2026,” he said, adding that he was already pursuing the remedies available under SIR guidelines.
AAP then hit back at BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha over his voter registration issue, accusing him of attempting to get his voter registration made in Delhi through a backdated process.
