SIR excludes 1.8 lakh voters from Meghalaya's draft electoral roll
Meghalaya has removed approximately 1.8 lakh names from its draft electoral roll following a Special Intensive Revision exercise. The reduction is attributed to the identification of deceased, duplicate, or untraceable voters, with a formal claims and objections process now open to the public.
Why it matters
Maintaining accurate electoral rolls is essential for democratic integrity and ensuring the validity of voter participation in upcoming elections.
Around 1.8 lakh electors have been excluded from Meghalaya's draft electoral roll published on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) identified them as deceased, shifted, untraceable or duplicate, officials said.
The draft electoral roll, published for all 60 Assembly constituencies, contains 21,69,243 electors against 23,49,645 before the revision, reflecting a reduction of 1,80,402 names following a State-wide, house-to-house verification exercise, according to the official statistics.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) B.D.R. Tiwari said the excluded electors comprise 81,490 deceased, 45,011 untraceable or absent voters, 42,532 people who had permanently shifted, 6,701 duplicate entries and 4,668 cases where enumeration forms were refused or fell under other categories.
The SIR exercise achieved 100% distribution and digitisation of enumeration forms, covering all 23,49,645 electors in the State.
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