By Admin 
The Special Intensive Verification (SIR) process of voter list, which was going on since November 4 in Uttar Pradesh, ended on December 26. According to the data released by the Election Commission, out of 15.44 crore voters, the names of 2.89 crore voters are set to be deleted. In this process, shocking figures came from big cities where maximum votes were cast. A record number of more than 12 lakh names were removed in the capital Lucknow. Apart from this, the number of votes being deducted from many cities is in lakhs.
According to the Election Commission, now the draft voter list will be released on December 31, after which those whose names have been removed or have any claims and objections will be accepted till January 30, 2026. After this, the final voter list will be released on 28th February. Those whose names have been deleted will have to provide relevant documents. After that their name will be added to the voter list.
Names cut due to this reason
According to the Election Commission, the impact of name deletion has been found to be greater in cities. In this process, names of lakhs of voters have been deleted due to migration, duplicate and missing voters. The voters who have permanently transferred or migrated are the highest. Their number is more than one crore, while the number of deaths and duplicate and missing voters is also in lakhs.
Major districts where most names were cut
- More than 12 lakh votes were cast in Lucknow
- 11 lakh 56 thousand 339 votes were lost in Prayagraj
- More than nine lakh votes were cast in Kanpur
- 8 lakh 36 thousand 965 votes were lost in Agra
- 8 lakh 18 thousand 325 votes have been deducted in Ghaziabad.
- 7 lakh 14 thousand 768 votes were lost in Bareilly
- In Meerut, 6 lakh 65 thousand 647 votes were lost in the first round of SIR.
- 5 lakh 89 thousand 546 votes were cut in Jaunpur
- 5 lakh 73 thousand 217 votes were lost in Varanasi
- 6,45,634 votes were lost in Gorakhpur.
- 4,47,479 votes were lost in SIR in Gautam Buddha Nagar.
It is clear from the district wise data that SIR has had the biggest impact on the voters of urban areas. Accordingly, there were more than 40 lakh voters in the capital Lucknow. In which now 12 lakhs have been deducted. While Prayagraj stood second and Kanpur stood third.
Objections can be filed after the draft list
The Election Commission has now advised to register objections after the release of the draft list. According to the Commission, the objective of this process is to make the voter list completely error free. Therefore, the documents asked for should be provided to the concerned BLO before the last date.
More than 18 lakh voters in Noida
A total of 18 lakh 65 thousand 673 voters are registered in the district, out of which a large number of voters have been digitized, mapped and verified, while lakhs of voters have been found in no mapping and ASD (Absent, Shifted, Duplicate) category.
According to the report, detailed analysis of voter data has been done in three assembly seats of the district, 61 Noida, 62 Dadri and 63 Jewar. There are a total of 7,71,082 voters in Noida Assembly constituency, out of which electoral forms of 5,61,764 voters (72.85 percent) have been digitized. Whereas in Dadri seat, digitalization of 5,62,435 (77.38 percent) out of total 7,26,828 voters and 2,93,470 (79.8 percent) out of 3,67,763 voters in Jewar has been completed.
9.81% voters in no mapping
Talking about the mapping status, a total of 12,33,316 voters (66.11 percent) have been mapped in the district. On the contrary, more than 1,83,067 voters (about 9.81 percent) have been found who are included in the no mapping category. In Noida assembly constituency alone, 59,139 voters, 1,01,877 in Dadri and 22,051 voters in Jewar have been registered in the no mapping category. The district administration is now going to take strict steps regarding these voters.
It has been clarified by the administration that notices will be sent to more than 1 lakh 80 thousand voters included in the no mapping category. These voters will have to submit documents related to their eligibility and identity. For this, the time has been fixed from 31 December 2025 to 30 January 2026. Apart from this, a large number of voters in the district have also been found in the ASD category.
According to the report, a total of 4 lakh 48 thousand 15 voters in Gautam Buddha Nagar, i.e. about 24.01 percent, are registered in the ASD category. These include 2,09,320 voters in Noida, 1,64,395 in Dadri and 74,300 in Jewar. According to administrative sources, names of about 4 lakh 40 thousand voters have been removed from the list under the SIR process. Such voters will not be included in the final voter list to be published on December 31, 2025, unless they complete the verification by submitting the necessary documents within the stipulated time.
Input By : IANS