The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) printed the draft electoral rolls of three States and two Union Territories as a part of the continued Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train, together with West Bengal, which is because of go to the Meeting polls in 2026.
Greater than 58 lakh names have been faraway from the prevailing voter lists in West Bengal, practically 42 lakh in Rajasthan, 10 lakh in Goa, just a little greater than a lakh in Puducherry and practically 1,500 in Lakshwadweep.
In contrast to the SIR train in Bihar, voters weren’t required to submit any of the 11 indicative paperwork to be included within the draft listing below this section, introduced on October 27. Thus, the names of all voters who’ve submitted the Enumeration Type can be within the draft listing.
ECI sources mentioned that notices can be issued to voters whose names are within the draft listing in case of any doubt, and they are often requested to supply paperwork. The draft listing additionally consists of names of voters who couldn’t be mapped within the 2002-2003 listing when the SIR was carried out, in addition to those that might need been wrongly matched.
“Verification of every case will begin now,” the sources informed The Hindu.
In West Bengal, 7.08 crore (92.4 %) voters—out of seven.6 crore on the electoral rolls as of October 2025, earlier than the SIR was introduced—have submitted the Enumeration Types and, in consequence, have been included within the draft listing. Of the names deleted, 24.16 lakh (3.15 %) have been lifeless, 32.65 lakh (4.26 %) have been discovered to have shifted or have been absent, and 1.38 lakh (0.18 %) have been discovered enrolled at a number of locations.
In Rajasthan, of 5.46 crore voters within the current listing, 5.04 crore (92.34%) have been included within the draft listing. Of the names deleted, 8.76 lakh (0.63%) have been deceased voters, 29.6 lakh (5.43%) belonged to those that had shifted or have been absent, and three.44 lakh (0.63 %) have been discovered enrolled at a number of locations.
In Goa, 10.84lakh (91.56%), of 11.85lakh names, are within the draft listing. Of the names eliminated, 25,574 (2.16 %) have been deceased, 72,471 (6.12 %) have been discovered shifted or absent, and 1,997 (0.17%) had enrolled at a number of locations.
Within the Union Territory of Puducherry, of the prevailing 10.21 lakh names, 9.18 lakh (89.87%) are in the draft listing. Of the names deleted, 20,798 have been deceased, 80,645 have been discovered shifted or absent, and a couple of,024 have been enrolled at a number of locations.
Lakshadweep, the opposite Union Territory, has 56,384 (97.53%) names within the draft listing, of the prevailing 57,813 voters. Of these disregarded, 705 have been lifeless, 252 have been discovered shifted/absent and 472 belonged to those that had enrolled at a number of locations are 472.
The ECI mentioned that the draft rolls, together with an in depth, booth-wise listing of deleted voters and causes for deletion, have been made obtainable on the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) web site, the Election Fee’s voter portal and the ECINET software.
The ballot physique mentioned that if a voter doesn’t discover his or her identify within the draft voter listing, then she or he should fill Type 6 and submit it together with the requisite paperwork.
Through the claims and objections interval from December 16, 2025, to January 15, 2026, any current or potential elector could file claims or objections for inclusion of eligible electors or deletion of ineligible names. The verification section will finish on February 7. The ultimate rolls will be printed on February 14.
The ECI had introduced SIR 2.0 in 12 states and Union Territories. However the train needed to be postponed repeatedly, primarily attributable to work-related strain on Sales space Stage Officers to finish the enumeration section. Many have allegedly dedicated suicide or have wished to give up as a result of strain.
Revealed – December 16, 2025 09:37 pm IST
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