The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Almost 6.4% of voter names deleted in draft lists published for four States and one U.T. undergoing SIR
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Sreeparna Chakrabarty
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Election officials have deleted nearly 24 lakh names from voter lists across four Indian states and one union territory during a special intensive revision process. The deletions are largely attributed to the inability to trace voters, permanent relocation, or death.
Almost 24 lakh names have been deleted from the draft voter lists of Odisha, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, which were published on Saturday (July 11, 2026), as part of the third phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
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