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Special voter list revision begins for Baramati as bypoll process gets underway after Ajit Pawar’s death
Draft electoral roll to be published on February 9, with claims and objections open till February 25, following the vacancy caused by Ajit Pawar’s death.
Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar, who was sworn in as the new deputy chief minister, is likely to contest the Assembly bypoll. (Photo: @SunetraA_Pawar/X)
The Election Commission has begun the Special Summary Revision of the electoral roll for the vacant Baramati Assembly seat in Maharashtra, marking the formal start of preparations for the upcoming bypoll. The revision exercise will begin on Monday and will be carried out with January 1, 2026, as the qualifying date.
The Baramati seat fell vacant following the death of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. Under the Special Summary Revision programme, the consolidated draft electoral roll will be published on Monday, February 9. Voters will be able to file claims and objections between February 9 and February 25.
According to officials, the revision is being conducted under Section 21 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, in line with the Election Commission’s guidelines to ensure the voter list remains up to date, accurate, and transparent. All claims and objections received during the period will be examined and disposed of by March 6, and the final electoral roll will be published on Tuesday, March 10.
Following Pawar’s death, his wife Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as the new deputy chief minister of Maharashtra. She is currently a Rajya Sabha MP and is likely to contest the Baramati Assembly bypoll, though she has not yet resigned from the Upper House.
Election officials said similar procedures have already been completed for the Rahuri assembly seat in the Ahilyanagar district, which fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Shivajirao Kardile. The final electoral roll for Rahuri is scheduled for publication on February 14.
“To ensure the effective implementation of this process and to maintain coordination at the local level while preparing the list of polling stations, meetings will be organised with recognised political parties at the level of the Pune district collector and district election officer, and the Baramati electoral registration officer,” an official from Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer’s office said.
The official added that detailed information about the programme will be shared with political parties during these meetings, and necessary instructions and feedback will be exchanged.
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