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Uttarakhand's Final Electoral Roll Lists 71.58 Lakh Voters After SIR, But Enrolment Drive Continues

The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision added over 1.29 lakh voters and removed over 1.04 lakh entries from Uttarakhand's rolls, but a further drive to re-enrol eligible voters missing from the list is still underway.

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Current Summary

The Uttarakhand government released the state's final electoral roll following the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR), listing a total of 71,58,949 voters, including 37,37,701 men, 34,21,036 women and 212 third-gender voters, as of the July 1, 2026 qualifying date. The roll includes 72,656 voters in the 18-19 age group and 1,22,892 voters aged above 80. The SIR, which began June 8, 2026, added 1,29,872 new voters and removed 1,04,708 entries flagged as ineligible, duplicate, deceased or shifted, down from an initial preliminary count of 79,60,762 — a reduction of just over 10%, or 8.01 lakh voters overall. The draft roll, published July 14, had listed 71,33,785 voters; the final roll has 25,164 more voters than that draft after claims and objections were examined. Chief Electoral Officer B.V.R.C. Purushottam said the office received 1,46,511 Form 6 applications for new registrations, accepting 1,29,872 and rejecting 16,639, while of 96,704 Form 7 applications seeking removals or objections, 7,522 deletions were accepted. Facing scrutiny over the scale of deletions nationwide, the ECI has directed 20 states and union territories, including Uttarakhand, to run a further 'special drive' comparing the pre-SIR and final rolls, under which Booth Level Officers will identify voters missing from the final roll and visit them at home to facilitate re-enrolment if eligible. The Uttarakhand Congress disputes the overall scale of deletions. State leader Suryakant Dhasmana has claimed over 13 lakh voters have been removed since January 2025 through the combined pre-SIR and SIR exercises. Separately, Congress leader and former MLA Manoj Rawat has put the pre-revision figure at 85.19 lakh voters as of January 1, 2025, implying a decline of nearly 14 lakh — a claim the state SIR committee has addressed by laying out the underlying sequence of official figures (85.19 lakh baseline cited by Congress versus the CEO's own count of 79.6 lakh when the SIR began). The INDI Alliance's constituent parties in Uttarakhand have resolved to intensify a state-wide agitation against the ECI, alleging arbitrary additions and deletions of voters and harassment during the SIR process, with PCC president Ganesh Godiyal saying the alliance would launch a phased movement to protect what he called voters' rights.

What We Know

Uttarakhand's final post-SIR electoral roll lists 71,58,949 voters: 37,37,701 men, 34,21,036 women and 212 third-gender voters.
The SIR added 1,29,872 new voters and removed 1,04,708 entries flagged as ineligible, duplicate, deceased or shifted.
The ECI has ordered a further special drive in Uttarakhand and 19 other states/UTs to re-enrol voters who were on the pre-SIR roll but are missing from the final list.
Booth Level Officers will compare the pre- and post-SIR rolls and visit affected voters at home to facilitate enrolment through Form 6.
During SIR, the ECI accepted 1,39,872 of 1,46,511 new-registration applications and rejected 89,182 of 96,704 removal/objection applications.
The draft roll published July 14 had listed 71,33,785 voters
The final roll has 25,164 more voters than the draft after claims and objections were processed
CEO B.V.R.C. Purushottam confirmed the figures to The New Indian Express
Uttarakhand Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana claims over 13 lakh voters have been removed from the rolls since January 2025, counting from a base of 84,29,459 voters.
Congress has demanded the Election Commission release constituency-wise data on deleted voters and alleges the removals were a deliberate attempt to erase voters.
State Congress SIR committee head Manoj Rawat said the voter count fell to 79,60,762 by June 2026 after pre-SIR activity, before further SIR-driven reductions brought it to 71,58,949.
Final roll includes 72,656 voters aged 18-19 and 1,22,892 voters above age 80.
Voters missing from the final roll can still apply via Form 6, online through the ECI Net app or offline via Booth Level Officers, with special camps to be organised.
The ECI's special drive will have Booth Level Officers compare pre-SIR and final rolls and visit left-out eligible voters at home to facilitate re-enrolment.
The SIR-specific declaration form used with Form 6 will not apply outside the SIR period; standard forms under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, apply going forward.
INDI Alliance partners met Saturday and decided to intensify agitation against the ECI over alleged SIR irregularities, citing arbitrary voter additions/deletions and harassment of voters.
PCC president Ganesh Godiyal said the alliance will launch a phased movement, coordinating across allies, to raise the alleged irregularities publicly.
The final roll of 71.58 lakh voters is 8.01 lakh lower than the 79.6 lakh-voter count recorded when the SIR began on June 8.
Congress leader Manoj Rawat has cited a baseline of 85.19 lakh voters as of January 1, 2025, implying a nearly 14-lakh decline — a different figure than the roughly 13-lakh claim earlier attributed to Suryakant Dhasmana.

What Is Still Unclear

How many voters remain to be identified and re-enrolled under the post-SIR drive.
A timeline for completing the additional enrolment exercise ahead of the February 2027 Assembly elections.

Advisory

Voters should verify their names on the published roll and cooperate with Booth Level Officers conducting home visits for re-enrolment.

What Changed

3 Oct, 10:31 pm
The Chief Electoral Officer's office confirmed the final roll of 71.58 lakh voters is 8.01 lakh lower than the 79.6 lakh-voter roll in place when the SIR began on June 8. Congress leader and former MLA Manoj Rawat has separately claimed the state's voter count has fallen by nearly 14 lakh, citing a figure of 85.19 lakh electors as of January 1, 2025 as the baseline — a different starting figure and claimed decline than the roughly 13-lakh figure earlier attributed to state Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana.
3 Oct, 09:30 pm
INDI Alliance partners in Uttarakhand, including the Congress, met on Saturday and resolved to intensify agitation against the Election Commission of India over alleged irregularities in the SIR process, citing arbitrary additions or deletions of names and harassment of voters. PCC president Ganesh Godiyal said the alliance would launch a phased movement to protect what he called the constitution and the right to vote.
3 Oct, 08:10 pm
The Election Commission has detailed the mechanics of the special drive ordered for 20 states including Uttarakhand: Booth Level Officers will compare the pre-SIR and final electoral rolls, identify voters present in the former but missing from the latter, and visit them at home to facilitate re-enrolment if eligible. The Chief Electoral Officer's office has also clarified that the special SIR-specific declaration form used with Form 6 will not apply outside the SIR period — enrolments going forward will use the standard forms prescribed under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. The details were presented at a Saturday meeting between the CEO's office and recognised political parties, with just over 10% of the state's 79.60 lakh pre-SIR voters having been deleted in the final roll.
3 Oct, 05:01 pm
The final electoral roll breakdown shows 72,656 voters aged 18-19 and 1,22,892 voters above age 80. The Election Commission has confirmed voters excluded from the final roll can still apply via Form 6, either online through the ECI Net app or offline through Booth Level Officers, with special camps to be organised to aid enrolment.
3 Oct, 03:01 pm
Uttarakhand Congress has disputed the final electoral roll, with state unit vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana claiming that over 13 lakh voters have been removed since January 2025 — when the state had 84,29,459 registered voters — through the combined pre-SIR and SIR processes, down to the current 71,58,949. Dhasmana alleged the deletions were part of a deliberate effort to erase voters and demanded the Election Commission release constituency-wise data on who was removed and why. State SIR committee head Manoj Rawat said the figure fell to 79,60,762 by June 2026 after pre-SIR activity, before the SIR itself brought the final count down further. The Congress said irregularities surfacing in Form 6 and Form 7 applications had forced the ECI to reverse course, raising questions over the entire exercise, and demanded removed names be restored to the rolls.
3 Oct, 01:21 pm
The Chief Electoral Officer's office has confirmed additional detail on the roll revision: the draft roll, published July 14, listed 71,33,785 voters, and the final roll has 25,164 more voters than that draft after claims and objections were processed. CEO B.V.R.C. Purushottam said 1,29,872 new voters were added and 1,04,708 names removed from the draft, including 7,522 deletions that followed accepted Form 7 removal applications. The net change from the pre-SIR count of 79,60,762 to the final 71,58,949 represents a decline of 8,01,813 voters.
3 Oct, 10:22 am
Signal detected: Uttarakhand's Final Electoral Roll Lists 71.58 Lakh Voters After SIR, But Enrolment Drive Continues

Background

Uttarakhand goes to the polls alongside Uttar Pradesh in February 2027. The SIR exercise was conducted nationwide amid scrutiny over large-scale voter deletions.