The Election Commission published the draft electoral rolls for Uttar Pradesh today (January 6). The previous scheduled date for releasing the draft electoral rolls of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was December 31. However, the UP Chief Electoral Officer had requested an additional two-week extension to re-verify voters marked as deceased, shifted, or absent. The state had already been granted a one-week extension earlier.
Voters will be able to submit claims and objections from January 6 to February 6, 2026. From January 6 to February 27, 2026, the Election Commission will carry out the notice period, scrutiny of forms, and the disposal of all claims and objections. The final electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh will be published on March 6, 2026.
Notably, SIR is a door-to-door and document-based exercise conducted by the ECI to update electoral rolls. The primary objective is to include eligible voters who are missing from the rolls and also to remove duplicate or ineligible entries. The final electoral rolls prepared after this process will be published in February 2026.
2.89 crore names deleted in UP
The draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh, published on Tuesday after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) excludes 2.89 crore voters but retains 12.55 crore, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa. According to the CEO, out of 15.44 crore voters in the October 27, 2025 electoral roll, enumeration forms were received for 12.55 crore voters, accounting for 81.30 per cent of the electorate.
The 2.89 crore voters, or 18.70 per cent, of the 15.44 crore listed earlier could not be included in the draft list due to deaths, permanent migration or multiple registrations, he said at a press conference.
46.23 lakh voters (2.99 per cent) were found to be deceased, while 2.57 crore voters (14.06 per cent) had either permanently migrated or were not available during the verification process. Another 25.47 lakh voters (1.65 per cent) were found to be registered at more than one place.
How to check your name in draft voter list?
- Visit the official website: voters.eci.gov.in.
- Look for Special Intensive Revision (SIR)- 2026.
- Enter your Voter ID (EPIC) number and submit
- Enter the required information and the captcha code and click ‘Search’
- The system will provide your details. You can further check if your details are correct by clicking on ‘View Details’ under the ‘Action’ column.
Visit ceouttarpradesh.nic.in to download the PDF Draft Roll for your specific district and assembly constituency.
You can also visit your polling station to check the draft electoral roll with the booth-level officer (BLO), as all BLOs are required to maintain a copy of the electoral list for their respective booths.
Alternatively, you can verify your details using the ECINET mobile app.
What to do if your name is missing on the list?
If a voter's name does not appear in the draft electoral roll, an objection can be filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI). Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa, quoted by news agency PTI, said that voters whose names were deleted as “untraceable or missing” would need to provide proof of inclusion in the 2003 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) list or submit any other document prescribed by the ECI to get their names re-added to the voters’ list.
Rinwa also said that the ECI will invite objections to the inclusion of nearly 12.55 crore names in the draft electoral roll. Such objections can be submitted by filling out Form 7.
If an objection against a name in the draft list is found to be valid, that name may be removed from the electoral roll.
Voters can submit these forms online through voters.eci.gov.in or the ECINET mobile app. Offline submissions can be made by visiting the booth-level officer (BLO).
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