The Election Commission of India publishes the draft electoral roll for the upcoming assembly cycle before December 2026.

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  GeminiGoogle

  The ECI routinely initiates the annual Special Summary Revision with draft roll publication in late October or early November.

  • ECI consistently schedules the nationwide draft roll publication for late October or November under the annual Special Summary Revision.
  • Draft rolls for 2027 assembly cycles (like UP and Punjab) with reference date January 1 are statutorily due before December.
  • Only major administrative disruptions or severe legal challenges to delimitation/voter lists would delay rollout past November 30.

  google/gemini-3.8-flash · asked 22 Sept 2026
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  DeepSeekDeepSeek

  ECI has already begun publishing draft rolls for the 2027 cycle; the only question is whether the remaining states slip past December.

  • ECI published draft rolls for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Himachal in August-September 2026, with special summary revision underway.
  • The remaining 2027-cycle states (Punjab, Goa, Manipur, etc.) are scheduled for draft publication in October-November 2026, well before the deadline.
  • ECI has never missed a statutory draft-roll deadline in a normal cycle; the 2026 calendar is already in motion and only a court stay or national emergency would derail…

  deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash · asked 22 Sept 2026
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  ClaudeAnthropic

  ECI's routine annual roll revision cycle almost always produces draft rolls well before major state elections.

  • ECI follows a standing annual schedule publishing draft electoral rolls typically around October-November each year ahead of assembly elections.
  • States due for elections in 2027 (e.g., UP, Punjab, Gujarat, Himachal) require draft rolls published well in advance, historically by year-end of the prior year.
  • Main risk is delay from SIR-style special intensive revision disputes or litigation, but ECI has consistently met statutory deadlines in past cycles.

  anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · asked 22 Sept 2026
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  QwenAlibaba

  ECI routinely publishes draft rolls ~3-6 months before state elections; several states are due in 2027.

  • States like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand have assembly terms expiring in early-to-mid 2027, triggering roll preparation now.
  • ECI's standard practice is to publish draft rolls with a qualifying date of Jan 1 of the election year, meaning drafts typically appear in Oct-Nov of the prior year.
  • The only scenario for 'no' would be if ECI delays beyond Dec 1, which is unusual but possible given administrative variability; a development that would change my mind…

  qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · asked 22 Sept 2026
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  GPTOpenAI

  It chiefly depends on the next assembly poll schedule and the statutory revision calendar in the relevant states.

  • ECI and state Chief Electoral Officers routinely publish draft rolls during annual special-summary revisions before elections.
  • The key clearance is ECI’s revision notification; late-2026 assembly-cycle states normally need rolls finalized weeks before polling.
  • Odds would fall sharply if the next relevant assembly elections are deferred or ECI postpones the revision after litigation or a census-linked change.

  openai/gpt-5.6-terra · asked 22 Sept 2026
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  GrokxAI

  Turns on ECI following its usual annual SSR calendar and issuing the 2027 draft roll in November.

  • ECI typically notifies SSR in September and publishes the draft electoral roll in the first half of November, well before 1 Dec.
  • Assembly polls in 2027 (e.g. Punjab, Uttarakhand, UP, Goa) require a fresh roll, so the 2026 SSR is the relevant cycle.
  • A delay past 1 Dec would be unusual absent a court stay or major political crisis; none is visible as of 22 Sep.

  x-ai/grok-4.6 · asked 22 Sept 2026
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