EC publishes Kerala’s closing electoral roll for Meeting elections 2026 | Kerala SIR | Kerala Information

Thiruvananthapuram: The Election Fee on Saturday revealed Kerala’s closing electoral roll for the meeting elections. The up to date checklist can even be shared with political events.

Voters can search their names on the web site https://electoralsearch.eci.gov.in/. Voter ID quantity, identify, relative’s identify, start date, age, and cellular quantity can be utilized to search out names on the checklist. Voters can click on the ‘Search by EPIC’ possibility, choose the language, and enter the EPIC quantity and state to examine names on the checklist. The booth-level voters’ checklist might be checked on https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ or by clicking the hyperlink titled Kerala SIR Last Electoral Roll 2026.

The ultimate citizens is 2,69,53,644, which incorporates 1.31 crore male voters, 1.38 crore feminine voters, and 227 third-gender voters in Kerala, of which voters within the 18-19 age group are 4,24,518.

The ultimate roll can be displayed from February 21 within the workplace of the Electoral Registration Officer/Asst. Electoral Registration Officers. The ultimate citizens can be obtainable on the CEO’s web site. The primary time electors within the age group of 18- 19 (who’re but to obtain their EPIC playing cards) and the present electors who had migrated and utilized for corrections can be issued with EPIC via BLOs (Sales space Degree Officers) to their residential handle. 

Those that have accomplished 18 years on January 1, 2026, and failed to use for inclusion throughout this intensive revision, and potential electors who full 18 years after January 1, 2026, can even apply via https://voters.eci.gov.in, the ECINET cellular App, or the Sales space Degree Officer involved. The electors have been suggested to examine the electoral rolls, and if required, an utility for inclusion/modification/deletion might be submitted via on-line/offline modes. 

Underneath Part 24(a) of the Illustration of the Folks Act, 1950, a primary attraction could also be filed earlier than the District Election Officer in opposition to the choice of the Electoral Registration Officer. Underneath Part 24(b) of the Illustration of the Folks Act, 1950, a second attraction could also be filed earlier than the Chief Electoral Officer in opposition to the choice of the District Election Officer.

In comparison with the October 2025 electoral roll, which served as the bottom checklist for the SIR and had 2,78,50,855 voters, the present train has resulted within the deletion of 8,97,211 names. This marks a considerable discount in deletions in contrast with the draft SIR checklist.

The electoral roll utilized by the Kerala State Election Fee for the lately concluded native physique polls had 2,86,24,558 voters. Compared, the ultimate SIR checklist is decrease by 16,79,914 voters.

Between January 31 and February 16, the Election Fee acquired 4,01,368 extra purposes. These embody 1,23,133 Type 6 purposes, 7,421 Type 6A submissions, 1,66,404 Type 7 requests and 1,04,410 Type 8 purposes for corrections within the electoral roll. A few of these candidates are more likely to be included within the supplementary checklist.