The Election Commission has directed a Special Summary Revision of Manipur's electoral roll, with the exercise aimed at enrolling voters who were previously missed, along with young people and those newly eligible to cast a ballot. Publication of the concluding voter roll is set for 4 January, with assembly polls expected to follow in the opening months of next year.

Voter roll updates under this revision will draw on 1 January 2027 as the cutoff date for eligibility. Under a consolidation plan taking effect by 2 November, each polling station is to serve no more than 1,200 registered voters and be situated within 2 km of the electors it covers.

The electoral roll in draft form is scheduled to become available on 12 November. Objections and supporting claims may be lodged through 11 December, with any outstanding disputes to be resolved by 28 December, leaving the state a window of roughly two months to refresh its voter rolls ahead of the election.

Across 16 additional states and Union territories, the Election Commission has directed that SSR exercises take place at the same time.

About four weeks after a Special Intensive Revision concluded its work across all 60 assembly constituencies in Manipur — a process that resulted in roughly 1.32 lakh voter entries, or about 6.3% of the total registered electorate, being removed from the rolls — the state is scheduled to move into a Summary Special Revision.

Figures released through a Manipur Chief Electoral Officer statement put the total number of registered voters at 20,93,076 on the electoral roll that existed before the draft SIR roll came out. Of the enumeration forms distributed to all of them, 19,34,399 were returned.

A total of 1,58,677 electors whose enumeration forms went unreturned were absent from the draft electoral roll that came out on 5 July. The CEO explained that five categories of entries were removed from the draft electoral roll: 72,473 voters recorded as having relocated, 43,000 listed as deceased, 34,740 who could not be traced at their registered addresses, 7,394 flagged as duplicates, and a further 1,070 falling under miscellaneous classifications.

Of the 19,34,399 electors listed in the draft roll, some 18,43,221 entries carried a direct link to previous rolls — recorded either under the voter's own name or as a descendant of a prior registrant. Of those records, 91,178 had no location data attached to them.

A total of 96,985 claims and objections were handled by administrators throughout the filing window. Of the names reviewed, 56,871 were added to the draft electoral roll while 30,650 others were removed from it.

When the electoral roll reached its final form on 6 September, the total number of registered voters stood at 19,60,620. Compared with the pre-draft roll, the final count stood lower by 1,32,456 registered entries.

For those who have been removed, the SSR claims window serves as the principal avenue through which reinstatement can be pursued. Any voter whose registration has been removed or transferred is required to submit a fresh Form 6 application to restore their place on the rolls.

Two distinct forms govern separate administrative actions: one handles address changes and record corrections, while the other manages objections raised and entries marked for removal. A communication from the Election Commission instructs chief electoral officers to establish assistance counters and dedicated outreach camps serving migrant workers, people in vulnerable situations, and those from marginalised communities.