Ballot rolls shrink by 1.7 crore (8%) in 9 states/UTs below SIR Section 2 | India Information

NEW DELHI: With 9 of the 12 states lined in Section 2 of particular intensive revision (SIR) having printed their closing electoral roll – together with six on Saturday – their mixed citizens is down 7.9% to 19.7 crore, as in comparison with 21.4 crore on the time of announcement of SIR train on October 27, 2025.Over 1.7 crore electors have been struck off the electoral rolls of the 9 states/UTs – Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Goa and Andaman & Nicobar Islands – on account of SIR. Whereas the ultimate electoral rolls of Gujarat, Puducherry and Lakshadweep have been printed earlier, these for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Goa and Andaman & Nicobar have been printed on Saturday.Apparently, the vary of web decline in electors on the finish of SIR varies from a steep 16.9% in Andaman & Nicobar and 13.4% in Gujarat to simply 0.3% in Lakshadweep and three.2% in Kerala. Whereas 4 of the 9 states/UTs recorded web deletions above the 7.9% general common, it was the other in 5 states/UTs.Three states – West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu – are but to publish their closing electoral roll as a part of SIR section 2. Whereas Tamil Nadu’s roll can be out on Feb 23, the timeline for West Bengal is Feb 28 and for UP, April 10.Among the many six states the place SIR stands concluded, Gujarat noticed the best web decline in its citizens for the reason that begin of SIR, at round 68 lakh or 13.4%. Chhattisgarh’s citizens shrunk by 11.8% and Goa’s by 10.7%. The remaining three states noticed a modest decline: with Kerala’s closing citizens down by 3.2%, Madhya Pradesh’s by 5.9% and Rajasthan’s by 5.7%.Among the many UTs, solely Andaman and Nicobar noticed a pointy web decline of 16.9% in its electors. Puducherry citizens was 7.6% lower than what it was on Oct 27, 2025; the decline in Lakshadweep was simply over 0.3%.Whereas Section 1 of SIR accomplished final 12 months was unique to Bihar, Assam witnessed solely a particular abstract revision. One other 22 states and UTs are but to conduct SIR. EC lately indicated that it might begin the following section of SIR in April.