SIR 2.0: 3.67 crore names deleted from draft electoral rolls across 11 states and UTs

Special Intensive Revision

A little over 10% or 3.67 crore names have been omitted in the draft electoral rolls of 11 states and union territories published after the second round of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) owing to death, according to an analysis by Deccan Herald. The second phase of the SIR will run from January 22 to February 14, after which the final electoral roll for the states and UT will be published on February 21.

Tamil Nadu leads the list with the names of more than 97 lakh people deleted from the voter list. West Bengal follows with about 58 lakh names missing from the draft list. Rajasthan saw a decline of approximately 44 lakh voters, while Puducherry and Goa reported similar reductions of just over one lakh voters each. Lakshadweep saw a marginal drop of about 1,600 electors.

Gujarat followed Tamil Nadu with 73.73 lakh or 14.5% of 5.08 crore failing to get into the draft list. Among the union territories, Andaman and Nicobar Islands had the highest proportion of deletions, 20.62% or 64,014 of 3,10 lakh voters, while if one takes absolute numbers, Puducherry topped the list with 1.03 lakh or 10.12% of 10.21 lakh.

In Madhya Pradesh, names of 42.74 lakh electors (7%) out of the total 5.74 crore were removed from the draft rolls. In Kerala, the names of 24.08 lakh of the over 2.78 crore electors were removed from the draft rolls.

In Chhattisgarh, out of 2.12 crore electors, names of as many as 27.34 lakh were removed. In case of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, out of 3.10 lakh electors, 64,000 electors did not figure in the draft rolls.

In Kerala, of the deleted names, 6,49,885 pertain to deceased persons, 6,45,548 voters were found to be untraceable, and 8,16,221 voters were identified as having permanently shifted from their registered addresses. In addition, 1,36,029 duplicate voters and 1,60,830 voters falling under other categories were identified.

The second phase of the much-debated SIR process was announced last month (November 2025) for nine States and three Union Territories, including Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ranging across 321 districts and 1,843 Assembly constituencies.