3 weeks ago
Chandigarh marks 2.09 lakh voters for deletion in draft roll
Chandigarh is a city in India where people vote in elections.
The government keeps a big list of everyone who is allowed to vote, called the electoral roll.
Officials are checking this list during a special drive called the Special Intensive Revision.
They found more than 2 lakh names on the list that may need to be removed.
Almost one out of every three voters from the old list could be deleted.
The old list had about 6.6 lakh names, and after removing those names, only about 4.5 lakh would remain.
Some names, about 66,000, are still being checked because the people may have moved, passed away, or be duplicates.
This is like cleaning up a class roster so it only has the right students.
The goal is to make sure the voting list is as accurate as possible.
Over 2.09 lakh voters have been marked for deletion from Chandigarh's electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Nearly one in every three registered electors faces proposed deletion, at a rate of 31.76% of the 2024 electorate.
The draft roll shows the city's electorate falling from 6,59,805 in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to 4,50,282 after proposed deletions.
A total of 2,09,523 names are marked for deletion, while 66,145 electors remain in the Absent, Shifted, Dead/Duplicate (ASD) list for further verification.
The average deletion percentage across Chandigarh's 35 municipal wards stands at 33.72%.
- Who
- Over 2.09 lakh registered electors in Chandigarh marked for proposed deletion, with 66,145 more remaining under verification in the ASD list.
- What
- The draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) shows the electorate falling from 6,59,805 voters in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to 4,50,282 after 2,09,523 proposed deletions.
- Where
- Chandigarh, India, across its 35 municipal wards.
- When
- During the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR); draft figures are compared with the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
- Why
- Names have been flagged for deletion as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate electors, and those in the ASD list await further verification.
Key facts
- Names marked for deletion
- 2,09,523
- 2024 electorate (baseline)
- 6,59,805
- Electorate after proposed deletions
- 4,50,282
- Overall proposed deletion rate
- 31.76%
- Average ward deletion rate
- 33.72% across 35 municipal wards
- Electors pending verification (ASD list)
- 66,145
- Municipal wards in Chandigarh
- 35










