Archive · 23 Sep 2026
SIR Deletes Nearly 3.85 Lakh Names From Navi Mumbai Rolls
Officials checked voter lists in Navi Mumbai’s Airoli and Belapur areas.
They visited homes and used computers to compare voter information.
About 3.85 lakh names were removed from the lists.
Some records belonged to people who had moved, died, were absent or appeared more than once.
Officials found more than one lakh duplicate entries in Airoli and more than 83,000 in Belapur.
People and political parties can object if they believe a name was removed incorrectly.
An election officer will review the objections and make final decisions.
Officials say frequent movement of workers and tenants makes it difficult to keep addresses updated.
The SIR exercise deleted 2,19,002 names from Airoli and 1,65,258 from Belapur.
Computerised checks and door-to-door verification identified absent, shifted, dead and duplicate records.
Airoli had 1,02,682 duplicate entries, while Belapur had 83,742.
Voters and political parties can challenge entries through prescribed objections and hearings.
Frequent movement among tenants and industrial and IT workers complicates electoral-roll updates.
- Who
- Electoral authorities, voters, political parties and booth-level agents in Airoli and Belapur.
- What
- A Special Intensive Revision deleted nearly 3.85 lakh names and identified discrepancies and duplicate voter records.
- When
- The data was reported on September 23, 2026; objections can be filed until September 30, according to the related notice mentioned in the article.
- Where
- The Airoli and Belapur Assembly constituencies in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Why
- To verify voter identities and identify absent, shifted, dead and duplicate entries in the electoral rolls.
- Total names deleted
- Nearly 3.85 lakh
- Airoli deletions
- 2,19,002
- Belapur deletions
- 1,65,258
- Airoli duplicate entries
- 1,02,682
- Belapur duplicate entries
- 83,742
- Airoli notices
- 81,840 issued; 12,840 pending distribution
- Belapur notices
- 89,704 issued; 2,034 pending distribution
- Review process
- Voters and political parties may submit objections for hearings and verification