4% of Assam voters marked for deletion

The Election Commission (EC) has marked 1.06 million names for deletion from the electoral rolls of Assam following a special revision exercise that involved house-to-house verification across the state, officials announced on Saturday with the release of the integrated draft electoral roll.

- Utpal Parashar

Of the names marked for deletion, 479,000 were identified due to deaths, 524,000 because voters had shifted from their registered addresses, and 53,619 for being demographically similar entries or multiple registrations. The proposed removals account for roughly 4% of the electoral roll before revision. The process now enters the claims and objections phase, with voters able to submit applications between December 27, 2025, and January 22, 2026. The final electoral rolls will be published on February 10.

Assam is conducting a special revision (SR) instead of the special intensive revision (SIR) being carried out in 12 other states and Union territories, including Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.