More than one million voter names have been identified for deletion from Assam’s electoral rolls following a Special Revision (SR) exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), officials said on Saturday.
According to the ECI, a total of 10,56,291 entries were flagged for removal after a house-to-house verification process. The deletions were attributed to deaths, migration, and duplication of entries in the electoral rolls. Of these, 4,78,992 names were identified due to deaths, 5,23,680 due to voters shifting their residence, and 53,619 because of multiple registrations.
The Special Revision was carried out between November 22 and December 20, with January 1 set as the qualifying date. The exercise was undertaken in Assam in view of the ongoing and incomplete revision of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), making it distinct from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted in other states.
Assam is scheduled to go to the polls early next year, adding significance to the revision process. The ECI stated that the state currently has 25.11 million voters, excluding 93,021 D-voters—individuals classified as doubtful voters due to questions surrounding their citizenship status.
Unlike the SIR conducted elsewhere, the Assam SR did not mandate physical verification of documents. Instead, the exercise focused on voluntary participation, allowing citizens to submit forms for inclusion of new voters, raise objections to existing entries, or request corrections in the electoral rolls.
Election officials said the revision aims to ensure greater accuracy and transparency in the voter list ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
