Overview
- In Uttar Pradesh, the draft roll lists 12.55 crore electors after a net deletion of 2.89 crore (18.7%), chiefly marked as permanently shifted/absent (14.06%), deceased (2.99%) or duplicate registrations (1.65%).
- About 1.4 crore UP voters not mapped to the 2003 roll will receive notices to furnish documents; claims and objections run to February 6, with the final roll due March 6 after disposals through February 27.
- Across 12 states and UTs in SIR Phase‑2, draft electorates fell from about 50.97 crore to 44.40 crore, a reduction of roughly 6.57 crore names (about 13%).
- In West Bengal, 3.83 crore voters were listed via progeny mapping, with 91.46 lakh flagged as logical‑discrepancy cases; notices have begun and hearings are scheduled to start January 13.
- Opposition parties have questioned the scale of deletions, calling for probes, while election authorities point to statutory remedies via Forms 6, 6A, 7 and 8 and stress that due process will be followed.