54,000 names removed from Sikkim electoral rolls
Gangtok: The Election Commission has purged 54,209 names from Sikkim's electoral rolls as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls 2026. The final electoral roll was published on Sunday, after the revision concluded on September 6 and the qualifying date on July 1. Of these, 37,737 electors were excluded due to Absentee, Shifted, Dead, and Duplicate (ASDD) categories, while 16,485 were deemed ineligible during hearings.
The ASDD exclusions broke down to 10,837 deceased, 8,648 absent or untraceable, 14,603 permanently shifted, 2,396 already enrolled or duplicate, and 1,253 under other categories. The enumeration process involved distributing 471,018 forms, of which 433,242 were returned, constituting 91.99 percent. The remaining 37,737 forms, or 8.01 percent, were not returned and were categorized under ASDD.
The draft electoral roll, published on July 5, contained 433,294 electors, comprising 218,507 males, 214,785 females, and two third-gender electors. In total, the SIR exercise resulted in a net decrease of 14,827 electors, or 3.42 percent, compared to the draft roll. Additionally, the number of polling stations increased from 572 to 625 following the revision.
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