EC's SIR sweep: Nearly 43 lakh voters removed in Madhya Pradesh; Kerala sees over 24 lakh deletions

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission connected Tuesday published draught elector lists for Madhya Pradesh and Kerala nether the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) exercise, releasing large deletion successful some states.

As per the updates rolls, 42,74,160 names person been removed successful Madhya Pradesh, portion Kerala recorded deletion of much than 24 lakh voters.In Madhya Pradesh, the existent elector number stands astatine 5,31,31,983 arsenic of December 23, 2025, down from 5,74,06,143 recorded connected October 27. Joint main electoral serviceman Ram Pratap Singh Jadon said the deletions see much than 8.46 lakh deceased voters, implicit 8.42 lakh untraceable electors, and astir 22.78 lakh radical who person shifted residences. Another 2.76 lakh duplicate entries and astir 29,900 names nether miscellaneous categories were besides struck off. Officials besides identified astir 8.65 lakh unmapped voters whose names look successful the rolls but whose information is missing from the 2003 records. These voters volition beryllium issued notices and volition request to contiguous documents earlier the Electoral Registration Officers.In Kerala, the draught database published by the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar shows the removal of implicit 24 lakh names aft the enumeration signifier of the SIR process.

The draught present includes 2,54,42,352 voters, down from the pre-revision full of 2,78,50,855. Deleted names see much than 6.49 lakh deceased voters, 6.45 lakh untraceable electors, and implicit 8.16 lakh voters who were recovered to person permanently shifted. The authorities besides weeded retired 1.36 lakh duplicate entries and 1.60 lakh names placed nether different categories. Kelkar said objections to the draught tin beryllium filed until January 22, and the last rolls volition beryllium published connected February 21. As portion of the SIR, Kerala besides undertook a voter-mapping exercise, completing astir 93 percent of it by December 18, with astir unmapped cases reported from Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, and Ernakulam. Hearings for unmapped voters volition travel arsenic notices are issued done booth-level officers, who volition outline the reasons for the hearings and database required documents. Kelkar added that booth-level officers visited households 3 times earlier marking voters arsenic untraceable.

Those whose names bash not look successful the draught rolls volition request to use afresh for inclusion.The archetypal signifier of the peculiar intensive revision was carried retired successful Bihar successful September up of the assembly elections. The ongoing workout volition besides screen Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.