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Uttarakhand draft rollout; voters down to 71.33 lakh
Uttarakhand’s special intensive revision has reduced the draft electoral roll to 71,33,785 voters from 79,60,762 before scrutiny.
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Samachar Pathshala Desk
Published 15 Jul 2026 · 1 min
Key takeaways
- Uttarakhand’s draft electoral roll after special intensive revision lists 71,33,785 voters.
- Uttarakhand had 79,60,762 registered voters before the revision exercise began.
- About 8.26 lakh names may be liable for deletion after scrutiny.
- Enumeration forms were distributed and digitised between June 7 and July 8.
What happened
Uttarakhand’s draft electoral roll after the special intensive revision (SIR) shows 71,33,785 voters. The state had 79,60,762 registered voters before the exercise began.
The Additional Chief Electoral Officer said about 8.26 lakh names may be liable for deletion after scrutiny. The draft roll contains roughly 52% male voters and 47% female voters.
The UPSC angle
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Electoral-roll revision and voter-list integrity
UPSC can frame the issue around the Election Commission of India’s role in maintaining accurate electoral rolls, the safeguards for inclusion and deletion, and the tension between accuracy and exclusion errors in voter verification.
