Overview
- Uttar Pradesh’s SIR draft roll published on January 6 excluded about 2.89 crore names, retaining 12.55 crore out of 15.44 crore.
- The poll panel attributes most removals to deaths, migration, absence or duplicate entries and says totals should fall after complaints are processed.
- Independent analyses report heavier cuts in urban districts and higher average deletions in many BJP-won seats, with 50 constituencies topping one lakh deletions and more women struck off than men.
- An Indian Express review found minority-dominated districts saw declines roughly equal to the state average of about 18.7 percent.
- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleges manipulation, flags a claim of 1.93 crore voters being unmapped and instructs workers to file FIRs, while the BJP defends SIR as a constitutional, technical exercise and criticizes the opposition’s shifting stance.