UP draft voter list out: 12.55 crore voters make the cut, 2.89 crore deleted after SIR

BLOs collect enumeration forms during the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls, in Prayagraj, recently. (PTI/File)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa Tuesday released a list of 12.55 crore voters as part of the draft voter list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.

With 2.89 crore deletions, or 18.70% of the electorate, from the rolls, the state has also topped the total number of uncollectable voters in the country.

The deletions are on account of the electors being marked deceased, shifted/absent or enrolled at multiple places, among others

Deceased voters comprised 46.23 lakh (2.99%), those who shifted were 2.17 crore (14.06%), and those who were registered in more than one place were 25.57 lakh voters (1.65%).

The Election Commission had postponed the publication of the UP draft roll from December 31 to January 6.

Claims and objections will now be received from January 6 to February 6. Issuance of notices and disposal of claims and objections will be done and decisions on the enumeration forms (EFs) will be done by authorities from January 6 to February 27 and the final publication of the voter list will be on March 6.

This was the third change in the SIR schedule in Uttar Pradesh since the exercise started in 12 states/Union Territories on October 27 last year.

The first one was on November 30, when the EC extended the enumeration phase for all 12 states/UTs by one week from December 4 to December 11. Then, on December 11, the EC had extended the enumeration deadline further for six states/UT, including UP which was given the longest extension of all states (two weeks).

After UP, Tamil Nadu (15%) and Gujarat (14.5%) have come in second and third, as per the states’ respective draft rolls published in December