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India 2026 electoral roll revision

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2026-08-01 06:32 UTC → 2026-08-01 08:07 UTC · added removed

In late July 2026 the Election Commission of India continued its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists across several multiple states. On 21 July a After publishing draft roll rolls for Haryana removed about 34 lakh names – roughly 16.5 % of the state's electorate – after they were flagged as permanently shifted, deceased, absent or duplicate. The Union Territory of Chandigarh completed its enumeration phase, with 87.2 % of registered voters submitting forms. A later release and Andhra Pradesh on 31 July showed July, the commission extended the claims‑and‑objections window to 30 August and kept the final publication date of 3 October for those states. The same process in Andhra Pradesh, where day the draft roll cut about 44.9 lakh names from a pre‑SIR list commission announced an extension of 4.16 crore. Of the original voters, 89.22 % submitted enumeration forms; SIR deadline in Odisha: the deletions were broken down into deceased, shifted/absent deadline for filing claims and duplicate registrations. On 31 July the EC published objections was moved to 19 August, the revised voter‑list format for Haryana’s 90 assembly constituencies after 2.06 crore voters were contacted notice phase will run until 17 September, and 1.72 crore forms received. The the state’s final roll is now expected on 21 September. In Telangana, the SIR identified about 24.13 48.3 lakh moved (14.2 %) voters for deletion due to permanent shifts, deaths or absent voters, 7.66 lakh deceased and 2.04 lakh duplicate entries in Haryana; across nine states registrations, and three union territories more than 6 lakh dead names were removed, trimming the combined roll by roughly state’s SIR deadline was pushed to 10 %. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal affirmed the process’s neutrality. August. The same day the draft roll rolls released for Andhra Pradesh confirmed removal showed 3.71 crore forms submitted, confirming deletions of 44.89 lakh names – 15.22 lakh deceased, 22.30 lakh shifted/absent and 7.37 lakh duplicate entries. Haryana’s draft similarly listed 24.13 lakh shifted or absent, 7.66 lakh deceased and 7.37 2.04 lakh duplicates – based on submissions from 89.22 duplicates. Overall, the SIR exercise continues to prune roughly 10 % of voters. A claims‑and‑objections window runs from 31 July to the end of August, after which combined electoral roll across the nine states and three union territories, with final state‑wise rolls are slated for publication on 3 October. to be published between mid‑September and early October 2026.

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  1. 2026-08-01 08:07 UTC India 2026 electoral roll revision
  2. 2026-08-01 06:32 UTC India 2026 electoral roll revision
  3. 2026-07-31 15:03 UTC India 2026 electoral roll revision

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