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Keralites numbering astir 500 who person acquired overseas citizenship volition beryllium removed from the voters’ database shortly. Also, a fewer Sri Lankans and Nepalis, who were enrolled arsenic voters, volition beryllium eliminated from the database erstwhile the Special Intensive Revision workout is completed.
The information of specified Keralites and overseas nationals emerged from 10 districts arsenic the revision process has entered the last stages.
Kottayam tops the database of overseas citizenship recovered during the SIR proceeding signifier with 178 radical arsenic of Tuesday (February 3, 2026). Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta travel with 154 and 93 respectively.
Of the 178 radical successful Kottayam, 50 person secured Canadian citizenship and 31 person go citizens of the U.K. The remaining countries see the U.S., Germany, Israel, New Zealand, Ireland, and Australia. The database includes 1 lawsuit of Ukrainian citizenship too, according to territory predetermination officials.
Ernakulam’s database consists of 56 U.K. citizens and 43 Canadian citizens.
The fig of overseas citizens recovered during SIR proceeding successful different districts arsenic follows: Kasaragod -6, Kannur - 2, Wayanad - 13, Kozhikode - 9, Palakkad - 42, Thrissur - 18 and Alappuzha - 43.
The information for Malappuram, Idukki and Thiruvananthapuram were not disposable portion authoritative sources said the fig successful Kollam was beneath 20. The countries of Keralaites’ chosen citizenship see Denmark, Belgium, UAE and Norway too, arsenic per disposable SIR data.
In astir of the cases, relatives of those who were called for proceeding intimated the officials acrophobic astir their recently acquired citizenship and requested not to clasp their names successful the caller elector rolls to debar complications, officials from antithetic districts progressive successful SIR said.
Non-Resident Indians who are absent from the state owing to employment, acquisition etc, who has not acquired citizenship of immoderate different country, are eligible to beryllium registered arsenic a elector successful the code mentioned successful their passport.
The recognition of radical of Nepalese and Sri Lankan root successful the voters’ database has raised questions astir the earlier enrolment process.
Citizens of Nepal were recovered included successful the pre-SIR elector rolls successful respective districts, including 8 specified cases successful Wayanad, 4 successful Kasaragod and a fewer successful Thrissur and Kollam too. Ernakulam reported 1 lawsuit of Nepalese origin. A fewer cases of Sri Lankan root person besides been reported, officials said.
“It is understood that they were enrolled successful the erstwhile electoral rotation somehow. However, erstwhile they were called for proceeding arsenic they were not mapped with the SIR basal rolls of 2002, they could not nutrient valid documents proving Indian citizenship. Hence they person been marked to beryllium excluded from the last list,” an predetermination authoritative from bluish Kerala, requesting anonymity, said.
