Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Sikkim final electoral roll shrinks 11% after SIR
Sikkim checked its voter list through a process called the Special Intensive Revision.
The final list has 4,18,467 voters.
This is 52,551 fewer voters than the earlier list.
Officials compared voter details with older records and checked cases that looked unusual.
More than 1.2 lakh people received notices to prove that they were eligible voters.
After hearings and checks, 16,485 people were found ineligible.
Another 324 names were removed because of requests involving issues such as death or moving away.
Some people were added back after filing claims, and people who disagree with a deletion can appeal.
Sikkim’s final electoral roll lists 4,18,467 electors, down from 4,71,018 before the Special Intensive Revision.
The final roll includes 2,12,534 males, 2,05,931 females and two third-gender electors.
Authorities issued 1,24,519 notices to unmapped or logically discrepant electors for hearings and eligibility verification.
Officials found 16,485 electors ineligible and deleted another 324 names through Form 7 submissions.
The reports differ in their accounting of exclusions, including figures for ASDD cases and total deletions.
- Who
- The Sikkim Chief Electoral Officer’s office, acting under directions from the Election Commission of India, conducted the revision.
- What
- The Special Intensive Revision produced a final roll of 4,18,467 electors, 52,551 fewer than before the revision.
- When
- The final roll was published on Sunday; the second report identifies the publication date as September 6, with July 1, 2026 as the qualifying date.
- Where
- Sikkim.
- Why
- To verify voter eligibility, map electors to earlier electoral records and process claims, objections and corrections.
- Final electorate
- 4,18,467 electors
- Pre-SIR electorate
- 4,71,018 electors
- Net reduction
- 52,551 electors, or 11.16 per cent
- Gender breakdown
- 2,12,534 males, 2,05,931 females and two third-gender electors
- Draft roll
- 4,33,294 electors, published on July 5
- Mapped electors
- 3,61,159, or 83.35 per cent, were mapped to their own or parents’ earlier electoral details
- Notices issued
- 1,24,519 notices were issued to unmapped or logically discrepant electors
- Appeals
- People aggrieved by an Electoral Registration Officer’s order can file an appeal
