13.60 lakh names dropped from final electoral rolls after SIR in Punjab
The electorate increased from 1,93,94,435 in draft roll to 2,01,00,727 in the final roll, representing a net increase of 3.64%, says CEO
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The electorate increased from 1,93,94,435 in draft roll to 2,01,00,727 in the final roll, representing a net increase of 3.64%, says CEO
More than 13 crore names have been struck off draft electoral rolls across 30 States and Union Territories since the Election Commission of India began the Special Intensive Revision in June 2025. The exercise has triggered protests and renewed scrutiny of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In this episode, Sonikka Loganathan speaks to Srinivasan Ramani, Senior Associate Editor at The Hindu, about the key issues that led to these many deletions, what the data tells us about who is being deleted and the constitutionality of this exercise.
The Gyanesh Kumar-led Election Commission of India, emboldened by a deferential Supreme Court judgment, has already disenfranchised lakhs of genuine electors through its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and risks excluding many more
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee participated in the “people’s tribunal” on the SIR of electoral rolls in Bengaluru.
The Supreme Court judge says no amount of whataboutery can justify the exclusion of voters en masse from the electoral rolls as such an action is fatal to the Constitution
The petitioners submitted that the matter raised an issue concerning citizens’ rights. Their counsel told the Bench that the exercise could result in the deletion of 2.1 crore names from the electoral rolls in the State
Telangana Congress president demands ECI publish State-wise and constituency-wise details of names deleted from draft electoral rolls during SIR process,reasons for such deletions, number of objections received and other details
The impact of the SIR of electoral rolls on the size of the electorate was relatively limited in Madurantakam, with the electorate declining only marginally, whereas the number of voters increased significantly in 2026 compared with the 2024 Lok Sabha election
Vedika flags deletion of 44.89 lakh names, seeks public disclosure of deleted and notice-issued voters and more time for verification