Disproportionate SIR deletions in Manipur’s tribal constituencies (Data Point)
Draft SIR rolls in Manipur show higher deletion concentration in Scheduled Tribe-reserved Assembly constituencies than in general constituencies.
AI generated- The Special Intensive Revision is the electoral-roll exercise used to verify and update voter lists.
- The draft SIR rolls released on 5 July form the basis for the reported deletion analysis.
- Manipur has 19 Assembly constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
- The reported dataset shows more women than men were deleted from the voter rolls.
What happened
Manipur's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has shown a disproportionate concentration of deletions in constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs). The draft SIR rolls released on 5 July indicate that the 19 ST-reserved constituencies, which constituted about 37.8% of the voter base before the revision, accounted for roughly 64.2% of total deletions.
The data point says the ST share in the electorate fell by an additional about 2.1 percentage points after the deletion pattern in the draft rolls. It also reports that more women than men were deleted, and that some Assembly constituencies showed women forming the majority of deletions.
UPSC may frame this as a question on whether roll-revision processes preserve equal franchise, prevent arbitrary deletions, and protect vulnerable groups such as Scheduled Tribes and women in conflict-affected constituencies.
