Almost 6.4% of voter names deleted in draft lists published for four States and one U.T. undergoing SIR
Election officials have deleted nearly 24 lakh names from voter lists across four Indian states and one union territory during a special intensive revision process. The deletions are largely attributed to the inability to trace voters, permanent relocation, or death.
Why it matters
Large-scale voter list revisions are critical for maintaining electoral integrity, though they often raise concerns regarding voter disenfranchisement.
Almost 24 lakh names have been deleted from the draft voter lists of Odisha, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, which were published on Saturday (July 11, 2026), as part of the third phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
In all, these four States and one Union Territory had 3.72 electors before the SIR began, of which 6.39% or 23,82,014 names have been deleted in the draft rolls.
Almost 30% of voters’ names were removed in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, the highest deletion rate. Mizoram had the lowest, at 5.2%. As far as absolute numbers were concerned, however, it was Odisha which had the highest number of deletions at 20.12 lakh.
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