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Why Delhi’s SIR Flagged Dead Economist Bibek Debroy
Bibek Debroy died in November 2024, but his name was still present on a Delhi voter list.
During a later checking exercise, officials could not match his record with the older voter list.
Because of that, the record was placed on a notice list.
A notice means officials want to check the information and decide whether the record is valid.
It does not mean the notice was issued because Debroy was alive or had done something wrong.
His name had not been removed during several earlier voter-list updates.
The same exercise flagged millions of other voter records for missing matches or information problems.
The notice process is part of checking claims and objections in Delhi’s SIR exercise.
Late economist Bibek Debroy’s name appeared in Delhi’s draft electoral roll as a 70-year-old voter.
His record was flagged because it had no mapping with the previous SIR electoral roll.
The notice requires verification of his electoral record; it does not itself explain why his name remained listed after his death.
Debroy died in November 2024, but his name was not removed during later electoral-roll revision and verification stages.
Delhi’s SIR process issued notices to about 33.13 lakh electors over unmapped records or other discrepancies.
- Who
- Bibek Debroy, a deceased economist and former chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, was among voters whose records received notices.
- What
- His name appeared in Delhi’s draft electoral roll and was flagged for having no mapping with the previous SIR roll.
- Where
- Polling part 73 of the Delhi Cantonment Assembly constituency, Delhi.
- When
- During the 2026 Delhi SIR process; the draft roll was released on August 31 and the notice list was published on September 18.
- Why
- The Election Commission’s mapping process could not find a corresponding record for Debroy in the previous SIR roll.
Key facts
- Date of death
- Bibek Debroy died in November 2024 at age 69.
- Draft-roll entry
- The draft roll listed him as a 70-year-old voter.
- Polling location
- Polling part 73, Delhi Cantonment Assembly constituency.
- Flagging reason
- No mapping with the previous SIR electoral roll.
- Delhi draft electorate
- Nearly 97 lakh voters were included in the draft electoral rolls.
- Notice total
- About 33.13 lakh electors were marked for notices; more than 31.63 lakh notices had been served.
- Verification deadline
- The claims and objections stage was scheduled to continue until September 30.
Sources
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