# Uttarakhand drops nine lakh voters in electoral roll revision

> A special review of Uttarakhand's voter list removed nearly 900,000 names, cutting the state's electorate by almost 10 percent and triggering opposition demands for transparency.
- Title: Uttarakhand drops nine lakh voters in electoral roll revision
- Summary: A special review of Uttarakhand's voter list removed nearly 900,000 names, cutting the state's electorate by almost 10 percent and triggering opposition…
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- Source: The Hindu — https://thehindu.com/news/national/sir-exercise-nine-lakh-names-dropped-from-uttarakhands-poll-roll-state-now-has-7159-lakh-voters/article71540837.ece
- Published: 2026-10-03T14:17:49+00:00
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- Topics: uttarakhand, electoral roll, special intensive revision, election commission, congress party, voter registration, news, politics
## Nine lakh names removed from roll
Uttarakhand's electoral roll now contains seventy one point fifty nine lakh voters after a special intensive revision removed around nine lakh names. The final roll was published on October three, twenty twenty-six.
## Nearly ten percent decline in voters
When the special intensive revision exercise began in June, Uttarakhand had seventy nine point sixty lakh registered voters. The nearly ten percent decline represents a significant reduction in the state's electorate.
## Timeline of the revision process
The first draft roll was published on July fourteen containing seventy one point thirty three lakh names. The state accepted claims and objections until August thirteen, with hearings continuing until September twenty eight.
## New voters added despite deletions
Compared with the draft roll, one hundred four thousand seven hundred eight names were deleted following claims and objections, while more than one point twenty nine lakh names were added, including one hundred twenty nine thousand eight hundred seventy two newly enrolled voters.
## Voter demographics in final roll
The final roll comprises thirty four point twenty one lakh women, thirty seven point thirty seven lakh men and two hundred twelve third-gender voters. It includes seventy two thousand six hundred fifty six voters aged eighteen to nineteen and one point twenty two lakh voters above eighty.
## Special drive to enrol missing voters
Uttarakhand will begin a special campaign to enrol missing and eligible voters. Booth Level Officers will compare the current roll with the pre-revision list, identify missing voters, and visit them at home to help fill Form six for registration.
## Congress demands transparency and restoration
Senior vice-president of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee Suryakant Dhasmana alleged that over eight point five lakh names were deleted in the final list while four point five lakh were deleted pre-revision, totalling thirteen lakh deletions. He demanded the Election Commission make public constituency-wise details and restore all deleted voter names.

> They have deleted over 8.5 lakh names in the final list while 4.5 lakh names were deleted pre-SIR. This totals to the deletion of 13 lakh names in such a small State.
## Congress rejects entire revision exercise
Dhasmana alleged most deletions were carried out under a vote theft formula and claimed irregularities in Forms six and seven had come to light. The Congress rejected the additions and deletions carried out during the special intensive revision exercise.
## Key takeaway

Uttarakhand's electoral roll fell to seventy one point fifty nine lakh voters after a special revision removed nine lakh names, prompting the Congress to allege vote theft and demand restoration of deleted voters.