Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Affluent Delhi Seats See Steeper Voter Drop After Revision
Delhi published a new draft list of voters after a special checking process.
The list has fewer voters than the earlier list.
Overall, 47.5 lakh names do not appear in the new draft rolls.
Affluent areas lost 37.4% of their listed voters.
Areas with many unauthorised colonies and slum clusters lost 35.7%.
This means the drop was slightly larger in affluent constituencies.
R K Puram had the biggest decrease among the affluent areas.
Officials will use the draft list as part of the electoral-roll process.
Delhi’s affluent constituencies recorded a 37.4% decline in electors after the Special Intensive Revision.
Constituencies with unauthorised colonies and Jhuggi-Jhopdi clusters saw a 35.7% reduction.
Across Delhi’s 70 Assembly constituencies, 47.5 lakh of 1.45 crore voters were excluded from the draft rolls.
The eight affluent seats fell from 11,36,032 electors to 7,11,187 in the draft roll.
R K Puram recorded the largest reduction among affluent seats, at 44.4%, with 57,735 names excluded.
- Who
- Voters in Delhi’s 70 Assembly constituencies, including eight affluent constituencies and 12 constituencies with unauthorised colonies and Jhuggi-Jhopdi clusters.
- What
- The draft electoral rolls excluded 47.5 lakh names, with affluent constituencies recording a slightly larger percentage decline than the comparison constituencies.
- When
- The draft electoral rolls were published on Monday, following the Special Intensive Revision; the comparison uses the August 17 electoral roll.
- Where
- Delhi.
- Why
- The draft rolls were prepared after the Special Intensive Revision of Delhi’s electoral rolls.
- Total constituencies
- 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi
- Previous electorate
- 1.45 crore voters across Delhi
- Names excluded
- 47.5 lakh voters were not included in the draft rolls
- Affluent constituencies
- Eight seats recorded a 37.4% reduction
- Unauthorised-colony constituencies
- Twelve seats with unauthorised colonies and Jhuggi-Jhopdi clusters recorded a 35.7% reduction
- Affluent-seat electorate
- Declined from 11,36,032 to 7,11,187
- Highest affluent-seat reduction
- R K Puram fell 44.4%, from 1,30,161 to 72,426 electors