{"id":355845,"date":"2026-02-11T16:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355845"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:02:20","slug":"form-7-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/form-7-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Form 7 Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulk Form 7 applications during Special Intensive Revision have raised concerns about misuse and large-scale deletion of voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About Form 7 Controversy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Form 7 controversy relates to bulk objections filed to delete names from electoral rolls during the ongoing special intensive revision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Legal Basis<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Form 7 is governed by Section 13(2) of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, framed under the <strong>Representation of the People Act, 1950.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filing a <\/span><b>false declaration is punishable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, with imprisonment up to one year or fine or both.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Key 2022 Amendment: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, the Election Commission amended Form 7 to allow any voter in a constituency to file an objection, instead of restricting it to persons from the same booth or polling station, thereby widening its ambit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Form 7 aims to allow objections to incorrect inclusion of names in electoral rolls on valid and specific grounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Permissible Grounds: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Objections can be filed on grounds such as death, duplication, shifting of residence, ineligibility due to age or citizenship, or misrepresentation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Mechanism<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Eligible Applicant:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Only a person whose name is already in the roll can file Form 7. Booth Level Agents can also file objections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Physical Verification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Booth Level Officers must conduct physical verification of address and eligibility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Death Cases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: In case of death, verification requires signatures of three neighbours and a death certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Absence Check:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If the voter is absent, three physical visits are required.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hearing Notice:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The concerned voter is issued a notice for a hearing before any decision is taken.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appeal Provision:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appeals can be filed before the district magistrate within 15 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Core of the Controversy<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Bulk Filing: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allegations claim systemic and coordinated bulk filing of Form 7 applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Scale of Deletions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Names of 6.5 crore electors were removed from draft rolls, reducing voters from 51 crore to 44.4 crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Affected States: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highest deletions were reported from Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- Bulk Form 7 applications during Special Intensive Revision have raised concerns about misuse and large-scale deletion of voters. About Form 7 Controversy Form 7 controversy relates to bulk objections filed to delete names from electoral rolls during the ongoing special intensive revision. Legal Basis Form 7 is governed by Section 13(2) of the Registration&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/form-7-controversy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Form 7 Controversy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-355845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}