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Arunachal Congress Demands Scrutiny of Electoral Roll After 21% Voter Drop Post-SIR
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News18•24-09-2026, 01:00
Arunachal Congress Demands Scrutiny of Electoral Roll After 21% Voter Drop Post-SIR
- •The Arunachal Pradesh Congress sought greater transparency and constituency-wise scrutiny of the final electoral roll published under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
- •The party highlighted a significant 21% reduction in the state's electorate from the pre-revision figure, with the final roll showing 6.96 lakh voters, a decrease of 1.91 lakh.
- •The final list comprises 3,43,709 men, 3,52,315 women, and two third-gender electors.
- •The APCC urged election authorities to ensure every deletion has a lawful and verifiable basis, preventing eligible voters from being excluded due to administrative errors.
- •The party demanded public access to constituency-wise and category-wise data on additions and deletions, along with reasons for exclusions, while maintaining privacy safeguards.
Key Questions Answered
Arunachal Pradesh's final electoral roll was published with 6.96 lakh voters, representing a reduction of 1,91,479 voters from the pre-SIR count of 8,87,505.
The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee urged election authorities to ensure every deletion is verifiable, and called for public access to constituency-wise and category-wise data on additions and deletions along with broad reasons for exclusions.
Aggrieved electors can file a first appeal before the district magistrate within 15 days of the final roll publication, and a second appeal can subsequently be filed before the chief electoral officer within 30 days of the district magistrate's order.
