Politics · India · 10 hrs ago
Rajasthan local election rolls list nearly 30 lakh more voters than final SIR roll
Rajasthan’s local election rolls list about 5.45 crore voters, while the Election Commission’s final roll after a special revision lists 5.15 crore.
The difference is nearly 30 lakh names across the same 199 Assembly constituencies.
The state election commission used a roll last updated on January 1, 2025, saying local election preparations began before the revision was complete.
The final SIR roll, published in February 2026, removed 44.28 lakh names and added 12.91 lakh.
Activist Nikhil Dey questioned the use of the older list, including why people removed from one roll remain on another.
His comparison found that 26.63 lakh people removed in the revision were still listed for local elections.
The discrepancy matters because the two rolls give different records of who can vote in Rajasthan’s local body and panchayat elections.
The sources do not say whether the state election commission will update its lists.
Rajasthan’s local election rolls list nearly 30 lakh more voters than the Election Commission’s final roll after a Special Intensive Revision, a rights activist has alleged.
The state election commission said it continued to use the pre-revision roll because preparations for local elections began before the revision was completed.
The Election Commission’s final roll, published in February 2026, showed Rajasthan’s electorate falling from 5.47 crore to 5.15 crore.
The state election commission’s rolls for the same 199 Assembly constituencies contained about 5.45 crore names.
Activist Nikhil Dey said 26.63 lakh people removed during the revision still appeared on the state commission’s local election rolls.
- Who
- Rajasthan’s state election commission and the Election Commission are involved. Rights activist Nikhil Dey raised questions about the difference.
- What
- Local election rolls list nearly 30 lakh more voters than the Election Commission’s final post-revision roll.
- When
- The final Special Intensive Revision roll was published in February 2026. The state commission’s roll was based on a list last updated on January 1, 2025.
- Where
- Rajasthan.
- Why
- The state election commission said it used the pre-revision roll because local election preparations had started before the revision was completed.
Rajasthan State Election Commission
Nikhil Dey
Use of voter rolls
Rajasthan State Election Commission
The commission said it relied on the pre-revision electoral roll because local election preparations began before the revision was completed.
Nikhil Dey
Dey questioned why the commission did not use the final revised roll.
Reliability of the lists
Rajasthan State Election Commission
The commission said it traditionally uses rolls updated through the annual special summary revision process for local elections.
Nikhil Dey
Dey asked why the older list was considered more reliable than the final Election Commission roll.
The Election Commission’s pre-revision electoral roll used by the state commission had last been updated.
Rajasthan’s final Special Intensive Revision electoral roll was published, showing the electorate had fallen to 5.15 crore.
- Difference
- Nearly 30 lakh more voters on the local election rolls
- Final SIR electorate
- 5.15 crore
- Previous electorate
- 5.47 crore
- Names deleted in SIR
- 44.28 lakh
- New voters added in SIR
- 12.91 lakh
- Names removed in SIR but still on local rolls
- 26.63 lakh
What people are saying
the commission had adopted the Election Commission's pre-SIR electoral roll
how booth-level officers could mark individuals as deceased in one electoral roll while their names continued to appear in another