Draft SIR voter list for Kerala, MP, other states released: 95 lakh names removed – full details

The Election Commission of India released draft voter rolls of Andaman and Nicobar, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, 23 December, after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

As many as 95 lakh names have been removed from the draft electoral rolls which were published on Tuesday.

Enumeration was previously scheduled to end on 11 December with draft rolls being published on 16 December. The new data is out days after the draft rolls were released for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and other states where the names of about 1.5 lakh voters were deleted.

24 lakh names deleted in Kerala

In Kerala, as per the draft roll details, the Election Commission collected enumeration forms from 2,54,42,352 voters.

"As on 18 December, 2025, out of 2,76,50,855 voters, 2,54,42,352 have submitted their enumeration forms," the poll panel said.

Names of as many as 24.08 lakh voters have been deleted from the voter list, as per poll panel data. These include 6.49 lakh names of people who were found deceased, 1.36 lakh names who were found enrolled at multiple places and 14.6 lakh names of voters who have either shifted or were absent during the exercise.

Over 42 lakh names removed in MP

In Madhya Pradesh, the poll officials collected enumeration forms from about 5-31 crore voters.

As per the details mentioned in the draft roll, names of about 42.74 lakh voters have been deleted. These include 31.5 lakh shifted/absent names, 2.77 lakh names enrolled at multiple places and 8.46 lakh deceased voters.

In Chhattisgarh, the names of as many as 27.3 lakh voters have been removed in SIR. These include 6.42 names of deceased voters, 19.13 lakh names of voters who were either absent or shifted from their original address and 1.79 lakh names enrolled at multiple places.

Draft list, not final yet

The Special Intensive Revision or SIR, is a voter list verification exercise that the ECI undertakes, believing that the annual ‘Summary Revision’ is not enough to clean the rolls. The exhaustive exercise involves house-to-house enumeration, pre-filled forms, online submissions, and fresh verification of old voter data.

Overall, names of more than 92 lakh voters have been deleted from the three states — Kerala, MP and Chhattisgarh – as per the numbers released by the poll panel on 23 December.

The poll panel also released the details of Andaman and Nicobar islands on Tuesday. Names of as many as many as 64,000 voters have been removed from the rolls of the island. Of these 51,906 names were of those found absent or shifted from their addresses. Another 2,917 names removed were of those enrolled at multiple places and about 9,191 votes were found of deceased people.

Remember, this is a draft voter list. Genuine voters can still be added to the electoral roll during the Claims and Objections phase from today till 22 January 2026, the poll panel said.

Where can you see the electoral draft rolls?

As per the norm, the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) and District Election Officers (DEOs) will provide printed copies of the voter lists to all recognised political parties. The draft rolls will also be made available online on the CEO and DEO websites.

Separate lists showing voters who are absent, have moved, are deceased, or are duplicates will be uploaded to the same websites.

Step-by-step guide to check your name in draft SIR voter list

Step 1: Visit the ECI Website https://voters.eci.gov.in/download-eroll? and select your state

Step 2: Select the district and assembly constituency

The page will display a table listing all the districts of your state. Press on the name of your district to proceed.

Next, a list of Assembly seats of the district will appear. And when you click on the relevant constituency, it opens a Google Drive folder containing booth-level voter data in PDF format.

Voters can also search for their name on https://electoralsearch.eci.gov.in/ using their EPIC Number.

Step 3: Booth-level PDFs: This folder contains multiple PDFs, labelled by taluka names, village names, or polling booth and part numbers. Voters can access the PDF corresponding to their polling booth.

Booth numbers were mentioned on the forms issued to voters during the SIR exercise.