Decoding 2 crore deletions in Maharashtra’s draft electoral roll after state-wide SIR
Maharashtra's electoral roll underwent a massive revision, resulting in the deletion of over 20 million names following a Special Intensive Revision process. Officials cited reasons such as duplicate entries, deaths, and voters being untraceable or permanently shifted.
Why it matters
Large-scale deletions from electoral rolls are critical for democratic integrity, as they impact voter eligibility and the accuracy of representation in assembly constituencies.
The draft electoral roll released by Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) showed a total of 2,06,88,487 voter deletions across the State’s 288 assembly constituencies. after a State-wide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) carried out in the past few months. From an electoral roll of 9,78,54,049 (over 9.78 crore), a total of 7,71,65,562 (79.86%) names were retained, and the remaining 21.14% were deleted due to them being either already enrolled, dead, permanently shifted, or ‘untraceable/absent’.
The district of Thane saw the highest share of deletions, with over 38% of the names deleted after the SIR, followed by the districts of Mumbai City (37.2%), Mumbai Suburban (33.95%), Pune (31.97%), Nagpur (31.11%), and Palghar (28.14%).
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