SIR draft rolls see over 13 crore deletions so far, Delhi leads with 33% left out

The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which commenced in June last year, has resulted in the deletion of over 13 crore names from draft rolls across 30 States and Union Territories. Delhi and Maharashtra have shown the most significant reductions, with 32.8% and 21.1% of elector names removed, respectively.

The third phase of the SIR, announced on May 14, was implemented in 17 States and three Union Territories. Delhi's draft roll now contains 97.53 lakh electors, down from 1.45 crore pre-SIR, while Maharashtra's total has dropped to 7.71 crore from 9.78 crore. The deletion rate in the third phase stands at 14.1%, bringing the total deletions in this phase to 6.15 crore. Correctly deleted names have a one-month window to be re-added to the final roll.