Overview
- Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said the draft roll lists 12.55 crore electors, down 18.7% from 15.44 crore on October 27, 2025.
- Lucknow saw the steepest reduction at 30.04%, with Lucknow Cantonment recording a 39.11% fall, while Lalitpur had the lowest drop at 9.95%.
- Officials attributed removals to permanent shifts (about 1.3 crore), untraceable voters (79.5 lakh), deceased (46.2 lakh) and duplicates (25.5 lakh), plus 7.7 lakh who did not return forms.
- About 1.4 crore voters on the draft are classified as unmapped and will receive notices for verification before Electoral Registration Officers.
- Claims and objections are open until February 6, decisions are due by February 27, and the Election Commission plans to publish the final state roll on March 6.