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1 in 5 out of draft poll rolls in UP after first phase SIR
The Morning Standard
|January 07, 2026
2.89 crore deletions; voter count down by 18.7% compared to 2025
ABOUT one in five voters in Uttar Pradesh found their names deleted in the draft electoral rolls published on Tuesday as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
In all, names of 2.89 crore voters stood deleted from the list of 15.44 crore electors in the politically sensitive state as on October 27 last year.
The draft list cut the voter count by as much as 18.7%. The deletions included around 46.23 lakh of the deceased (2.99%), shifted 2.17 crore (14.06%) and duplicate voters 25.46 lakh (1.65%).
This story is from the January 07, 2026 edition of The Morning Standard.
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