The Crossbill News Desk
The publication of revised electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has led to a significant trimming of voter lists across several states and Union territories, with close to 8% of names struck off following the verification drive.
On Saturday (February 21), the final electoral rolls of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar, Chhattisgarh, and Goa were published. Earlier, Gujarat’s final list was released on February 17, while Puducherry and Lakshadweep published theirs on February 14.
According to data cited by The Hindu, the final voter lists show net deletions of 1,70,28,514 names or 7.93% of the total electorate.
When the second round of the SIR was announced on October 27, the total number of electors across these six states and three Union territories stood at 21,45,62,215. Among the states, Gujarat recorded the highest proportion of deletions at 13.4%, while Kerala saw the lowest at 3.22%. In the Union territories, Andaman and Nicobar registered the sharpest drop at 16.87%, whereas Lakshadweep reported the least deletions at 0.36%.
Chhattisgarh reported deletions of 11.77%, Goa 10.76%, Puducherry 7.5%, Madhya Pradesh 5.96% and Rajasthan 5.74%. Of the 12 states and Union territories where the SIR exercise is underway, final rolls are yet to be published in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Uttar Pradesh has been granted multiple extensions, with its final electoral roll now scheduled for publication on April 10. Tamil Nadu is set to publish its final list on Monday (February 23). In West Bengal, where the exercise has faced legal challenges, the Supreme Court has permitted the publication of the final roll on February 28.
On Friday, the Supreme Court directed that serving and former district judges be deployed to assist the Election Commission in conducting the contentious SIR exercise in the state.
“In order to ensure fairness in the adjudication of the genuineness of the documents and consequential inclusion/exclusion in voters list, and as agreed to by both sides, we are left with hardly any other option but to request the Chief Justice of the Calcutta high court to spare serving judicial officers along with some former judicial officers in the rank of additional district judge and district judge who can then be requested to revisit/dispose of the pending claims under the category of ‘logical discrepancy’,” the bench was quoted as saying by new agency PTI.
With the revision process nearing completion in most regions, attention now shifts to the remaining states, where publication of the final rolls is expected to shape the political landscape ahead of upcoming electoral exercises.
On Saturday (February 21), the final electoral rolls of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar, Chhattisgarh, and Goa were published. Earlier, Gujarat’s final list was released on February 17, while Puducherry and Lakshadweep published theirs on February 14.
According to data cited by The Hindu, the final voter lists show net deletions of 1,70,28,514 names or 7.93% of the total electorate.
When the second round of the SIR was announced on October 27, the total number of electors across these six states and three Union territories stood at 21,45,62,215. Among the states, Gujarat recorded the highest proportion of deletions at 13.4%, while Kerala saw the lowest at 3.22%. In the Union territories, Andaman and Nicobar registered the sharpest drop at 16.87%, whereas Lakshadweep reported the least deletions at 0.36%.
Chhattisgarh reported deletions of 11.77%, Goa 10.76%, Puducherry 7.5%, Madhya Pradesh 5.96% and Rajasthan 5.74%. Of the 12 states and Union territories where the SIR exercise is underway, final rolls are yet to be published in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Uttar Pradesh has been granted multiple extensions, with its final electoral roll now scheduled for publication on April 10. Tamil Nadu is set to publish its final list on Monday (February 23). In West Bengal, where the exercise has faced legal challenges, the Supreme Court has permitted the publication of the final roll on February 28.
On Friday, the Supreme Court directed that serving and former district judges be deployed to assist the Election Commission in conducting the contentious SIR exercise in the state.
“In order to ensure fairness in the adjudication of the genuineness of the documents and consequential inclusion/exclusion in voters list, and as agreed to by both sides, we are left with hardly any other option but to request the Chief Justice of the Calcutta high court to spare serving judicial officers along with some former judicial officers in the rank of additional district judge and district judge who can then be requested to revisit/dispose of the pending claims under the category of ‘logical discrepancy’,” the bench was quoted as saying by new agency PTI.
With the revision process nearing completion in most regions, attention now shifts to the remaining states, where publication of the final rolls is expected to shape the political landscape ahead of upcoming electoral exercises.
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