Gujarat's voter count stands at 4.40 crore in final electoral rolls published by Election Commission after SIR

The full fig of voters successful Gujarat present stands astatine 4.40 crore arsenic per the last electoral rolls published connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) pursuing the astir three-and-a-half months of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, officials said.

The last electoral rolls incorporate the names of 4,40,30,725 voters, an summation of 5.60 lakh names aft the work of the draught electoral rolls connected December 19 past year, the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.

In the draught electoral rolls, the names of astir 74 lakh voters were dropped, pegging the full number of electors astatine 4.34 crore arsenic against the 5.08 crore earlier.

So, astatine 4.40 crore, determination has been an summation of 5.60 lakh voters successful the last electoral rolls, it added.

The objections and claims regarding the inclusion oregon exclusion of one’s sanction successful the voters’ database were submitted betwixt December 19, 2025, and January 30, 2026. Thereafter, the predetermination officials verified the objections and disposed them of by February 10.

Chief Electoral Officer Hareet Shukla said that each the citizens of Gujarat merit gratitude and congratulations for their unprecedented practice successful this campaign.

The enactment was completed wrong the stipulated clip done the progressive information of 34 territory predetermination officers, 182 elector registration officers, 855 adjunct elector registration officers, 50,963 BLOs (booth level officers) and a ample fig of volunteers, the merchandise said.

Since the announcement of SIR, the enactment of distributing the enumeration forms to 5.08 crore voters crossed the authorities and its digitisation was done successful a ngo mode, with meetings organised betwixt the BLOs and booth level agents (BLAs) of governmental parties to verify the forms not returned owed to assorted reasons, it said.

At the extremity of specified meetings carried retired successful each the districts, the database of voters whose forms were not returned successful each assembly constituency was published connected the website of the District Election Officer and the CEO.

The draught electoral rolls published by the ECI connected December 19 pegged the full number of electors astatine 4.34 crore arsenic against the 5.08 crore earlier. It was challenged successful the Gujarat High Court by 2 Congress leaders, who sought directions to guarantee strict compliance with the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, during the SIR process.

The petitioners alleged that ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers filed objections successful bulk successful Form-7 without documentary grounds and not successful the mode prescribed nether the Rules.

They alleged that names were deleted without serving announcement oregon giving affected voters an accidental of being heard.