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Punjab SIR Completed: 13 Lakh Names Removed From Final Voter List
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News18•12-10-2026, 23:39
Punjab SIR Completed: 13 Lakh Names Removed From Final Voter List
- •The special intensive revision of the voter list in Punjab has been completed and the final list for all 117 assembly seats was published on October 12.
- •A total of 20014727 voters are registered in the final voter list with 797263 new voters added during the process.
- •Over 13 lakh names were cut due to deaths permanent relocation duplicate entries or voters missing from given addresses.
- •Major political parties including AAP Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal expressed satisfaction and congratulated CEO Anindita Mitra.
- •The number of polling booths in the state has been increased from 24453 to 25332.
Key Questions Answered
Following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the final voter list published on October 12 records a total of 2,00,14,727 registered voters across all 117 assembly seats in Punjab.
Declines in voter numbers were attributed to reasons such as death, permanent relocation from the state, voters being untraceable at addresses from the 2003 survey, and duplicate name registrations.
If an eligible citizen finds their name missing from the final list, they can apply to add it by filling out Form-6 through the Election Department's prescribed procedure after checking the required documents.
