Kohima | Nearly five lakh voters in Nagaland are likely to receive notices from electoral authorities over discrepancies in mapping their details with the 2005 electoral roll as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

Additional Chief Electoral Officer Awa Lorin said on Monday that 9.33% of electors fell under the “no mapping” category, while another 27.31% were classified as having mapping anomalies. Together, the two categories account for 36.64% of the electorate.

The statement came a day after Nagaland published its draft electoral roll, which excluded nearly 1.59 lakh names from the 13.57 lakh electors covered by the revision exercise.

Lorin said voters whose names could not be linked to the 2005 electoral roll, or who could not establish their relationship with a person included in that roll, would receive notices from Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) or Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs).

Such voters would have to submit prescribed documents, with the requirements varying according to their date or year of birth.

“If they are satisfied with your claim and your documents, then your name will continue to appear in the final roll,” Lorin said, adding that failure to establish the claim or provide the required documents could result in exclusion from the final roll, scheduled for publication on November 22.

He clarified that voters who were not registered in 2005 would not be automatically deleted from the current roll. They could establish a linkage with a person listed in the 2005 roll or, where applicable, apply afresh during the claims and objections period.

Chief Electoral Officer Bhagyashree Banayat said the claims and objections window would remain open from September 20 to October 20. Genuine electors left out of the draft roll can seek inclusion through Form-6 along with the prescribed declaration and supporting documents.

The same process is available to new eligible voters who turn 18 by the October 1, 2026 qualifying date.

Banayat said the SIR enumeration covered 13,57,208 electors between August 16 and September 14, of whom 11,99,456, or 88.38%, submitted their Enumeration Forms.

The exercise identified 29,944 deceased electors, accounting for 2.13%; 1,23,749 electors, or 9.12%, under the absent, permanently shifted or other categories; and 5,059, or 0.37%, enrolled at multiple locations.

The absent or shifted category includes voters who had enrolled in another state or Union Territory, could not be traced, did not submit their forms by September 14 or were unwilling to register. Names found at multiple locations will be retained at only one place, Banayat said.

Hearing camps will be organised by EROs at their offices, district headquarters or polling-station level to facilitate verification. The process is expected to be completed by November 18.

On Aadhaar, Banayat said submission of the number in SIR enumeration forms was voluntary and that Aadhaar by itself was not proof of citizenship. She also clarified that Aadhaar seeding was not being carried out in the electoral roll.

At the district level, Dimapur recorded the highest number of uncollectable Enumeration Forms at 36,629, followed by Choumoukedima with 28,626, Kohima with 24,178 and Wokha with 11,500. A total of 3,297 electors had not returned their Enumeration Forms.