More than 1.5 crore names deleted in third phase of SIR so far
The Election Commission is conducting a special intensive revision of electoral rolls across several Indian states and union territories. Over 1.5 crore names have been deleted from voter lists so far due to reasons such as death, shifting, or absence.
Why it matters
Maintaining accurate voter rolls is fundamental to the integrity of democratic elections and ensuring that electoral data reflects current population demographics.
More than 1.5 crore names have been deleted so far from the existing voter lists in the ongoing third phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted by the Election Commission.
The States and Union Territories where the third phase of SIR is being carried out are Delhi, Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Tripura, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Of the 16 States and three UTs in which ‘SIR 3.0’ is being conducted, draft lists have been published for 12.
The enumeration or door-to-door verification phase has been extended in the States of Delhi, Punjab, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and thus their draft lists along with those of Tripura and Nagaland are yet to be published.
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