Voter Count Declines Sharply in Five Indian States Following Electoral Roll Revision

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur have reported a major decline in the number of voters after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. According to the data released by the Election Commission and the Chief Electoral Officers of the states, there were about 18.71 crore voters in these five states before the SIR, which has reduced to about 16.43 crore in the final list. That is, the total number of voters in the state has decreased by about 22.9 crore or 12.2%. The maximum effect in these five states has been seen in Uttar Pradesh. The number of voters here has decreased by about 2. 04 crore, which is about 90% of the total decline in the five states. There were 15.44 crore voters before the SIR in Uttar Pradesh. The number was reduced to 12.56 crore in the draft list. However, about 84 lakh names were re-added in the final list, after which the number of voters in the state went down to 13.40 crore. Despite this, the total number of voters in the draft list was reduced by 6%.