Nearly 6.5 crore electors removed from draft rolls of 12 states, UTs in SIR Phase 2Before Phase 2 of the SIR, which commenced on October 27, the 12 states and UTs had 50.90 crore electors. After the separate draft rolls we...
07 Jan, 2026, 07.22 PM IST
UP SIR draft roll to be published on Dec 31: Check when window for claims and objections will openUttar Pradesh will release draft electoral rolls on December 31 after a Special Intensive Revision, with nearly 2.89 crore voters flagged a...
30 Dec, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
Over 42 lakh voters deleted in Madhya Pradesh draft SIR roll, final list on February 21The current tally of voters in the state, as of October 27, stands at 5,31,31,983 as of December 23, 2025, down from a total of 5,74,06,143...
23 Dec, 2025, 08.37 PM IST
SIR draft roll: Over 97 lakh names deleted in Tamil Nadu, 74 lakh in GujaratTamil Nadu and Gujarat have removed the highest number of voters from their electoral rolls. This Special Intensive Revision saw over 97 la...
19 Dec, 2025, 11.46 PM IST
SIR in 3 states, 2 UTs: Over 1 crore electors left out of draft electoral rollsElection Commission officials said the names in the draft electoral rolls also include new voters who had filled up Form 6 to become part o...
16 Dec, 2025, 08.48 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi repeats 'vote theft' charge, says ECI still silentCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday repeated his allegation of “vote theft” during his campaign in Bihar, accusing Prime Minister Narend...
08 Nov, 2025, 01.55 PM IST
SIR Phase 2: Three-member ECI team to visit West Bengal border districts from November 5 -8A dedicated team from the Election Commission of India has arrived in West Bengal to oversee updates to the voter lists. This initiative is...
05 Nov, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
Voters' list cleanup exercise to begin in 12 states, Union territories from TuesdayThe Election Commission begins a major voter list cleanup exercise across nine states and three Union territories. This Special Intensive R...
03 Nov, 2025, 02.35 PM IST
What is SIR and how Election Commission plans to revise voter lists in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and other poll-bound statesThe Election Commission of India has announced the second phase of a special intensive revision of electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs...
28 Oct, 2025, 01.53 AM IST
All 31 polling stations in Puducherry's Mahe district to be staffed by women officersAll 31 polling stations in the district will be staffed by women polling officers. The voting for the union territory of Puducherry will be...
11 Apr, 2024, 06.37 PM IST
Increasing turnout, less EVM complaints in 2023's state electionsStarting with Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in November-December 2022, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Karnataka went to polls in early 2023 w...
05 Dec, 2023, 10.27 AM IST
Assembly elections: EC targets big in state matches before 2024 Poll World CupFor election managers, the October-December season should be a preparation for 2024. Around 162 million electors, a sixth of India’s total ...
11 Oct, 2023, 11.58 PM IST
HP Assembly polls: Change in 'Raj' or 'Riwaaj'? Himachal Pradesh verdict to be out on ThursdayHimachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent government to power after 1985, a trend the ruling BJP, powered by Prime Minister Narendra ...
07 Dec, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
Number of women voters increases but still not 50%Number rises from 47% (2014) to about 48% (2019); women MPs in 16th Lok Sabha: 11.2%
12 Mar, 2019, 06.57 AM IST
Over 3500 centres opened to give IT-enabled services in ChhattisgarhOver 3,500 general service centres have been opened in Chhattisgarh to render online services like Aadhaar card registration, a senior IT D...
07 Jul, 2015, 04.56 PM IST
Farmers facing hardships in paddy procurement process: CongressState govt is doing nothing but just troubling farmers in the name of registration for paddy procurement," said State Congress chief Bhupes...
24 Sep, 2014, 04.32 PM IST
Increased youth voter enrolment resulted in high turnout: ECA significant enrolment of young voters in electoral rolls led to unusually high voter turnout in state assembly elections, according to CE...
14 Dec, 2013, 11.21 AM IST