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Odisha Electoral Roll Update: Over 20 Lakh Voters Deleted After Verification
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Moneycontrol•22-09-2026, 07:05
Odisha Electoral Roll Update: Over 20 Lakh Voters Deleted After Verification
- •Odisha's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is complete, with 20.56 lakh electors removed after thorough verification.
- •Chief Electoral Officer S Gopalan stated that 20.12 lakh voters were initially removed due to reasons like death (8.32 lakh), permanent shifting (8.08 lakh), absence (2 lakh), and duplicates (1.58 lakh).
- •After the draft roll publication, 58.36 lakh voters with discrepancies or unmapped details received notices, leading to an additional 24,000 deletions.
- •Further verification of 57,000 Form 7 applications resulted in 20,000 more deletions, bringing the total post-draft roll deletions to 44,777.
- •Despite deletions, 2.90 lakh new voters were added through Forms 6 and 8, increasing the final electoral roll to 3,16,32,754 electors, with continuous updating now available.
Key Questions Answered
A total of 20,56,000 electors were removed from the electoral roll following verification during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Odisha.
During the first phase, 20,12,000 voters were removed because 8,32,000 were dead, 8,08,000 had permanently shifted, 200,000 were absent, and 158,000 had duplicate entries.
Following the completion of the SIR process and the addition of eligible applicants, the final electoral roll stands at 3,16,32,754 total electors.
