Phase III drafts: 6.15 crore names left out in 17 States/UTs
Deccan Herald tallied the 17 Phase III States/UTs with published drafts: 36,08,07,394 electors before the SIR, 29,93,00,115 in the drafts, 6,15,07,279 (17.04%) left out. Largest: Maharashtra 2,06,88,487, Karnataka 1,07,96,366, Telangana 73,39,235, Delhi 47,56,722, Andhra Pradesh 44,89,512, Jharkhand 43,61,987, Haryana 33,83,302, Punjab 20,66,635, Odisha 20,12,557. By share: Delhi 32.78%, DNH&DD 29.64%, Telangana 21.69%.
Deccan Herald's aggregation, not an ECI total. Nagaland (draft due 20 September) and Tripura (due 21 October) were not yet included. DH's Karnataka figure (1,07,96,366) differs slightly from the CEO's 1,07,96,339. The same article put completed-SIR reductions in 13 States/UTs at about 10.5% or 5.83 crore. CEO primary documents for Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Arunachal, Manipur, Mizoram and DNH&DD were not opened.
- TIER 3 · PRESSSIR 3.0: Draft voter lists see over 6.15 crore deletions in 17 States, UTsDeccan Herald2026-09-01