Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Nagaland Draft Roll Removes 1.59 Lakh Voters After SIR
Nagaland checked its voter list in a process called a Special Intensive Revision.
The new draft list has 11.99 lakh voters.
The earlier list had 13.57 lakh names.
Officials said some people had died, moved away, appeared more than once, or could not be verified.
Some voters also did not submit forms or did not want to register.
The report says nearly 1.59 lakh names were not included in the draft list.
People who think their names were removed by mistake can file a claim or objection.
They can do this until October 20.
Officials plan to publish the final list on November 22.
Critics have warned that genuine voters could be left out, while the Supreme Court has upheld the revision’s legality but said it cannot be used to decide Indian citizenship.
Nagaland’s draft electoral roll retains 11.99 lakh names, compared with 13.57 lakh before the revision.
The Special Intensive Revision identified 29,944 deceased electors, 1.23 lakh absent or permanently shifted voters, and 5,059 duplicate registrations.
The absent or shifted category also includes people who moved to other states or Union Territories, could not be found, failed to submit forms, or declined to register.
Voters can file claims and objections against deletions from September 20 through October 20.
The final electoral roll is scheduled for November 22, after claims and objections are disposed of by November 18.
- Who
- Nagaland’s Chief Electoral Officer’s office, the Election Commission of India, and affected electors.
- What
- A draft electoral roll published after a Special Intensive Revision retained 11.99 lakh voters and excluded nearly 1.59 lakh names from the pre-revision list.
- When
- The enumeration phase ran from August 16 to September 14; the draft was published on September 20. Claims can be filed until October 20, and the final roll is scheduled for November 22.
- Where
- Nagaland, with the report datelined Kohima.
- Why
- To verify and revise the electoral roll by identifying deceased, shifted, absent, and duplicate entries.
Revision rationale
Critics’ concerns
Purpose of the voter-list review
Revision rationale
Election officials presented the Special Intensive Revision as a process to verify the roll and remove deceased, shifted, absent, and duplicate entries.
Critics’ concerns
Critics have warned that the process could also remove genuine voters from the rolls and potentially affect electoral outcomes.
Legal limits of the exercise
Revision rationale
The Supreme Court of India upheld the legality of the revision, supporting its continuation as an electoral-roll exercise.
Critics’ concerns
The court said the revision does not authorize the Election Commission of India to decide whether a person is an Indian citizen.
- Draft electoral roll
- 11.99 lakh names
- Pre-revision electorate
- 13.57 lakh voters
- Reported exclusions
- Nearly 1.59 lakh names, or about 11.7% of the electorate
- Deceased electors
- 29,944
- Absent or permanently shifted
- 1.23 lakh
- Duplicate registrations
- 5,059
- Claims deadline
- October 20
- Final roll
- Scheduled for November 22
