Individuals bear doc verification to appropriate errors within the electoral rolls beneath the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR), at a listening to centre, in Prayagraj.
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Practically 8% of voters have been eliminated throughout 9 States and Union Territories within the ultimate electoral rolls revealed after the second part of the particular intensive revision (SIR).
Whereas the ultimate lists of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar, Chhattisgarh, and Goa have been revealed on Saturday (February 21, 2026), that of Gujarat have been launched on February 17 and Puducherry and Lakshadweep on February 14.
The mixed variety of voters within the 9 States and U.T.s stood at 21,45,62,215 as on October 27 when the second part of the SIR was introduced following the completion of the train in Bihar. After the revision, the voter energy for these entities got here right down to 19,75,33,701 with web deletions of 1,70,28,514 or 7.93 %.
Last lists of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu are but to be revealed.
Whereas Gujarat noticed probably the most voter deletions amongst States with 13.40% of voters faraway from the ultimate record, Kerala marked the least variety of deletions at 3.22%. Amongst Union Territories, Andaman and Nicobar noticed probably the most deletions at 16.87% and Lakshadweep the least at 0.36%.
Voter deletions in Chhattisgarh stood at 11.77%, Goa at 10.76%, Puducherry at 7.5%, Madhya Pradesh at 5.96%, and Rajasthan at 5.74%.
The ultimate record for Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to return out on April 10 after quite a few extensions, and the record for Tamil Nadu is about to be revealed on February 23.
In West Bengal, the place the SIR has witnessed intense litigation between the Election Fee and the State authorities, the Supreme Courtroom has allowed the ultimate record be revealed on February 28.
Nevertheless, the highest court docket additionally took an “extraordinary” determination to contain the judiciary within the ongoing train, saying the persistent “belief deficit” between the Mamata Banerjee authorities and the Election Fee (EC) has led to a “stalemate”, with time operating out.
The court docket proposed shifting pressing circumstances pending with the deployed judicial officers to different courts for a interval of per week or 10 days “by which the whole course of [SIR] is required to be accomplished”.
The SIR was first carried out in Bihar final yr forward of its Meeting election and the voter record decreased from 7.89 crore in June 2024 to 7.43 crore in September 2024. In Assam, a particular revision of voter rolls was carried out and whole variety of voters fell by 2.43 lakh.
The EC has requested the remaining 22 States and Union Territories to finish all preparatory work associated to the SIR on the earliest with the revision “anticipated to begin from April 2026”.
Revealed – February 21, 2026 09:47 pm IST
