UP SIR draft voter list drops 2.89 crore names; claims, objections window open till 6 February 2026
On January 6, 2026, since Uttar Pradesh has been engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral registers, the Election Commission released the draft voter list there on Tuesday.
Aadrika Tayal 
New Delhi (India) January 6: The Election Commission has released the draft voter list for Uttar Pradesh following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The details were revealed at a press conference in Lucknow this afternoon.
12.55 crore voters retained
Navdeep Rinwa, the state electoral officer of Uttar Pradesh said names of 12 crore 55 lakh 56 thousand 25 voters are included in the draft voter list.
According to him, 81.30 per cent of voters of the existing voting lists filled out their forms and used their names to fill a new draft voter list. The existing voter list contained 15 crores 44 lakh 30 thousand 92 voters in total.
2.89 crore voters missing from new draft list
Accordingly, a total of 2.89 crore voters’ names were not present in the new draft voter list made by the Election Commission, 18.70 per cent of the current voter list.
46.23 lakh voters — that is 2.99 per cent of the existing voter list — he said were discovered dead during the SIR. Names of 2.17 crore voters were not located during the SIR process of BLOs, which is 14.04 per cent of the existing voter list.
Names of 25.47 lakh voters have also been found in more than one point in the voter list (1.65 per cent of the existing voter list).
What to do if your name is missing from the new draft voter list
If a voter’s name does not appear in the draft electoral roll, an objection can be filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI). Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said that voters whose names were deleted as “untraceable or missing” would need to provide proof of inclusion in the 2003 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) list or submit any other document prescribed by the ECI to get their names re-added to the voters’ list.
Claims and objections
Mr. Navdeep Rinwa informed that the period for receiving claims and objections has been set from January 6 to February 6, 2026. During the notice phase, the decision is to be made on the claims and objections from 06 January to 27 February 2026.
The electoral roll of Uttar Pradesh shall come to the public on 6th of March 2026 at the latest. Citizens then have a month to lodge claims and objections.
Why the draft roll publication was delayed?
The list was already due to be published on December 31. The delay was a follow-up after Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer requested additional time so officials at the district level could verify whether voters who had been referred as dead, moved to another place or were not identifiable were present.
This exercise has already taken place in states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Chhattisgarh, in addition to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
What is Special Intensive Revision?
SIR is a door-to-door and document-based exercise (door-to-door and document-based) run by the ECI to update electoral lists. To do this, it is essential first of all to check the rolls for those who already qualified, who are gone from the rolls; second, to remove both duplicate or ineligible voters.
The Constitution allows the Election Commission to do so. And Article 324 grants it all the power needed to monitor and refresh voter rolls. The Representation of the People Act, 1950, also enables the Commission to impose an intensive revision if it finds mistakes in the existing lists.
