Uttarakhand Publishes Final Voter List After SIR: 71.58 Lakh Electors, About 8 Lakh Fewer Than Before
Uttarakhand's final electoral roll (the official voter list) was published on 3 October 2026, after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's voter list.
The final roll has 71,58,949 electors (about 71.58 lakh). This is about 8.01 lakh fewer than the roughly 79.6 lakh voters on the list when the SIR began on 8 June 2026.
The SIR used 1 July 2026 as the qualifying date (the date on which a person must be 18 years old to be listed).
The draft roll, published on 14 July 2026, had about 71.33 lakh names. Claims and objections (requests to add names or remove wrong ones) were accepted from 14 July to 13 August, and were decided by 28 September.
In the claims and objections stage, 1,29,872 eligible people were added and 1,04,708 names were removed.
The final roll has 37,37,701 men, 34,21,036 women and 212 third-gender electors. It also lists 72,656 young voters aged 18–19 and 1,22,892 voters above 80. People who were left out can still apply to be added using Form 6.
Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls
An electoral roll is the official list of voters for a constituency, and only people on this list can vote. A Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is the most thorough way to check this list: it is rebuilt almost from scratch. Booth Level Officers go from house to house, collect a form from every voter, and then publish a draft list for public checking before the final list comes out. The Election Commission of India (ECI) orders an SIR using its powers under Article 324 of the Constitution and Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
Uttarakhand's SIR followed exactly these steps: enumeration from 8 June, a draft roll on 14 July, a month of claims and objections, and a final roll on 3 October 2026. The roughly 8 lakh fall in voters mostly happened at the draft stage, when names that could not be verified were left out. The claims stage then added back about 1.3 lakh eligible voters.
Representation of the People Act, 1950: The Law Behind Voter Lists and Seats
The Representation of the People Act, 1950 (RPA 1950) is the law that decides who can be a voter and how voter lists are prepared and corrected. It also sets how many seats each state gets in Parliament and the state legislatures. Think of it as the rulebook for getting ready for elections. The actual conduct of elections (nominations, voting, counting, disputes) is covered by a separate law, the RPA 1951.
Every step of Uttarakhand's revision, from the 1 July 2026 qualifying date to the claims and objections handled by EROs, comes from this Act and its 1960 Rules. People still left out can use the Act's ongoing process by filing Form 6 with their ERO.
- Uttarakhand final roll (3 October 2026): 71,58,949 electors (about 71.58 lakh)
- Voters at the start of the SIR (8 June 2026): about 79.6 lakh; fall of about 8.01 lakh
- Draft roll (14 July 2026): about 71.33 lakh electors
- Claims and objections window: 14 July to 13 August 2026; decided by 28 September 2026
- Added at claims stage: 1,29,872; removed at claims stage: 1,04,708
- Gender split: 37,37,701 men; 34,21,036 women; 212 third gender
- 18–19 age group: 72,656; above 80: 1,22,892
- Qualifying date used: 1 July 2026
- Legal basis of SIR: Article 324 of the Constitution and Section 21(3) of the RPA 1950
- Form 6 = new enrolment; Form 7 = objection/deletion; Form 8 = correction/shifting