Any Indian citizen above the age of 18 years needs to register themselves as voters in the constituency where they reside. However, people may have to cancel their voter ID applications due to reasons like moving to some new locality or duplicate voter registration. Keep reading to find out how to cancel voter ID applications in India.

If you wish to cancel a voter ID application offline, here are the steps that you can follow:

Step 1: Visit the nearest Electoral Registration office and collect a copy of Form 7.

Step 2: Provide the number and name of the assembly constituency and parliamentary constituency.

Step 3: Enter your name, EPIC number and mobile number.

Step 4: Choose any of the three options available on this form. The first option is deleting a person's name from the electoral roll due to certain reasons. Another reason is objecting to the proposed inclusion of a person's name due to some reason. Lastly, you can delete your name from the electoral roll due to other reasons which you need to state.

Step 5: Select whether you want to attach a death certificate or not.

Step 6: Provide details like name, surname, EPIC no. and address of a person against whom you want to raise an objection.

Step 7:  Read the declaration and enter the date, place and your signature.

Step 8: Submit this form along with any supporting documents if required, to the Electoral Registration Office. You can also courier it.

Step 9: You will receive the acknowledgement receipt for your application.

If you are wondering how to cancel a voter ID application online, here are the steps you should follow:

Step 1: Visit the official website of the Election Commission of India.

Step 2: Log in if you are already a user or register by using your mobile number or email ID if you are a new user.

Step 3: After receiving an SMS or email, verify your mobile number or email ID.

Step 4: Select ‘Form 7- Objection and Self Deletion’.

Step 5: Enter details of the person whose name inclusion you are objecting to, including the voter ID number. Also, provide the reason behind this objection.

Step 6: Go through the declaration and accept it.

Step 7: Preview the filled-up form.

Step 8: Submit it along with any supporting documents, if any.

Step 9: You will receive a reference number for the submitted application.

You can visit the National Voter’s Service Portal and check whether the name you objected to is removed from the voter list or not.

Now that you are aware of how to cancel an application for a voter ID card, here are the reasons why you would want to cancel any voter registration:

• In case of a voter's death.
• In case you are a citizen of some other country.
• If you are moving to another city or country.
• In case you have two voter ID cards in your name due to duplication.
• If you do not access your voting rights. Cancelling your name from the electoral roll is important, as there can be cases of bogus voting and other social electoral evils.

This brings us to the end of the discussion as to how to cancel a voter ID application. If you are moving to another state or city, it is your responsibility to take your name off the voter list. In case you do not do there might be chances of bogus voting, which will affect the state and country’s politics and lead to fraud in your name.