ECI software auto-generated voter deletion forms after the deadline?

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Checked 17 Oct 2026

The post's claim that Election Commission software auto-generated 85,854 voter deletion forms in Uttar Pradesh without specifying a reason after the deadline is accurate. However, additional assertions that election officers generated over 20% of these forms under their own names, and that more than 1 lakh forms were accepted after the deadline, remain unproven. While the auto-generation of forms without stated reasons is established, the other specific claims lack sufficient verification.

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During the Special Intensive Revision in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission’s software, ERONET, auto-generated 85,854 voter deletion forms with no reason…

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The investigation alleged that thousands of voter deletion forms were submitted after the deadline during Uttar Pradesh's electoral roll revision.

"All these deletion forms were submitted after the legally mandated deadline." The Reporters' Collective, 2026-10-09

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During Uttar Pradesh's Special Intensive Revision, ECI's ERONET software auto-generated 85,854 voter deletion forms without specifying any reason after the deadline passed.No reliable source found for this yet.

More than 20% of voter deletion Form 7s analyzed in Uttar Pradesh were generated by EROs and AROs under their own names.No reliable source found for this yet.

In Uttar Pradesh, more than 100,000 voter deletion forms were accepted after the mandated time deadline had elapsed.No reliable source found for this yet.

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