CEC Gyanesh Kumar says just 500 appeals filed after Assam electoral rolls revision
Kumar said the statistic of just 500 objections out of the total 2.5 crore voters exemplifies the success of the Special Revision exercise in Assam.
The Chief Electoral Commissioner went to the polls on a two-day visit. He was accompanied by election commission members Dr. He was accompanied by SS Sandhu and Vivek Joshi and other senior officials of ECI.
He said that while ECI has carried out Special Intensive Revision in other poll-bound states, Special Intensive Revision has been carried out in Assam as the publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC) is in the final stage in Assam.
“The intention behind SR was to ensure that all eligible voters were included in the electoral rolls and that the names of all ineligible voters could be removed from the electoral rolls”.
CEC said they are reviewing the situation in Assam and the state’s poll preparations, but the ECI in Delhi will finalize it after a meeting.
However, he said that the ECI will keep the Rongali Bihu festival, the most popular festival in Assam, in mind while announcing the election dates. He said the elections will be held in 31,486 polling stations in the state and added that there will be not more than 1,200 voters in each polling booth to make the voting process a smoother experience.
Kumar also said that for the first time, the ECI has decided to make the elections more transparent by deciding to hold live webcasts at all polling stations in the state during the elections and will feature color photographs of the candidates for better understanding of the voters.
According to the final voter rolls released by the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam, there are a total of 2.49 crore eligible voters in Assam, including 1,24,75,583 female and 1,24,82,213 male voters. An additional 343 voters of the third gender were registered in the final voter rolls.
Assam Accord meeting
Assam Accord Implementation Minister Atul Bora said that around 1.70 lakh illegal foreigners have been detected in the state as per the provisions of Assam Accord 1985, while around 31,000 people have been pushed back in the last 40 years.
Bora also stated that the fencing on the India-Bangladesh border in Assam is almost completed except for the 4.35 km line.
Bora was responding to a question by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) legislator Ramendra Narayan in which he said that from 1985 to March 12, 2013, 29,663 illegal aliens were repatriated through the ‘Pushback’ process.
Bora said that between March 13, 2013 and January 31, 2026, 468 people were sent back through the ‘Deportation’ process, 458 of them were convicted foreigners and 10 declared that they were foreigners.
Between February 1, 2025 and January 31, 2026, 1,421 more illegal foreigners were ‘Returned’ upon the instructions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
From December 20, 2025 to January 31, 2026, 51 declared foreigners and one fresh illegal immigrant were deported from the country under the Immigrations (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950.
Due to the objections of Bangladesh Border Guards, a barbed wire fence was erected for 228,541 km in Sribhumi district, excluding 4.35 km.
