{
  "id": 3622767,
  "title": "Delhi SIR: Low-turnout seats in 2025 Assembly polls could see more voter roll exclusions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/delhi-sir-low-turnout-seats-in-2025-assembly-polls-could-see-more",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T00:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-sir-low-turnout-seats-in-2025-assembly-polls-could-see-more-voter-roll-exclusions-10851130/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Delhi’s electoral rolls are being revised ahead of the 2025 Assembly polls, and a new analysis reveals that constituencies with lower voter turnout may face more exclusion from the draft list. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process has shown that 17 of the 18 constituencies with the lowest turnout are also those with digitisation rates below the city average. Of Delhi’s 70 Assembly constituencies, about a quarter are expected to be affected by this pattern. The enumeration phase involved collecting and uploading forms for around 97.51 lakh electors, but 47.58 lakh electors, constituting 33% of the electorate, are currently marked as uncollectible and may face exclusion from the final roll. While some constituencies with Purvanchali or Muslim populations have lower digitisation rates, others with significant numbers of these voters have higher rates, indicating that population demographics alone do not determine the extent of voter exclusion.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Delhi’s electoral rolls revised for 2025 Assembly polls",
    "17 constituencies with lowest turnout face more exclusion",
    "33% of electorate marked as uncollectible in enumeration"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Constituencies with historically low voter turnout are likely to see more voters excluded from the electoral roll, potentially disenfranchising already underrepresented communities in the 2025 Assembly polls.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "2027 polls: INEC unveils gov, Assembly candidates Saturday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/2027-polls-inec-unveils-gov-assembly-candidates-saturday",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:54:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}