Overview
- Uttar Pradesh’s draft list retains 12.55 crore voters and excludes about 18.7% of the pre‑SIR roll, with 46.23 lakh marked deceased, 2.17 crore recorded as shifted or absent, and 25.47 lakh flagged as duplicates.
- The claims and objections window runs from January 6 to February 6, with final rolls scheduled for March 6 after hearings and disposal, officials said.
- Election officials say deletions were concentrated in major cities such as Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Prayagraj and Kanpur, reflecting high urban mobility during door‑to‑door verification.
- Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien has petitioned the Supreme Court alleging arbitrary procedures in West Bengal’s SIR; Mamata Banerjee has accused the EC of using informal channels and apps, claims the Commission has not confirmed.
- The Election Commission defends the SIR as a lawful clean‑up of duplicates, deceased and migrated electors, noting similarly large draft‑roll reductions in Tamil Nadu (~97 lakh), Gujarat (~74 lakh) and Assam (~10.56 lakh).