SIR In Numbers: Delhi Voter Exclusions And How It Exceeds Other States

New Delhi: The draft electoral roll released after Delhi's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has reduced the electorate from 1.45 crore before the exercise to 97.53 lakh in the draft roll.A total of 47.56 lakh electors have been excluded, representing an overall reduction of 32.8 per cent.These are draft-stage figures and are subject to change during the claims and objections process.Who Was Affected Most, And Where?The largest category among those excluded comprises electors categorised as permanently shifted or absent, accounting for 43.32 lakh names.Another 2.82 lakh electors were marked as dead, while 1.41 lakh were identified as duplicates or as being enrolled at multiple locations.The draft roll comprises 48.9 lakh men, 47.6 lakh women and 447 third-gender electors.The reduction was not uniform across Delhi's districts.South East Delhi recorded the highest deletion rate at 43.61 per cent, followed by New Delhi at 39.02 per cent and South at 38.64 per cent. Central Delhi recorded a deletion rate of 38.01 per cent, while North and East recorded rates of 35.78 per cent and 35.59 per cent, respectively.Other districts recorded lower deletion rates. Old Delhi recorded 33.07 per cent, followed by Central North at 31.13 per cent, North West at 29.10 per cent, North East at 29.03 per cent, South West at 26.81 per cent, West at 26.68 per cent and Outer North at 24.32 per cent.Which State/UT Recorded The Highest Draft-Roll Deletion Rate?Delhi's 32.8 per cent reduction is also the highest among the States and Union Territories included in the comparison.It is followed by Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu at 29.6 per cent, Telangana at 21.7 per cent, Maharashtra at 21.1 per cent, Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 20.6 per cent and Karnataka at 19.5 per cent.The Special Intensive Revision involves verification of electoral-roll entries. Names excluded from the draft roll are not necessarily permanently removed at this stage.Electors whose names have been left out can file claims and objections seeking inclusion or correction before the final electoral roll is prepared.The draft, therefore, represents the outcome of the verification exercise so far, not the final composition of Delhi's electorate.