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Following the directives of the Election Commission of India regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the last elector database for Kollam territory has been officially released. The work comes aft a rigorous process of claims and objections that concluded connected January 30, 2026. According to the last information released this Saturday, the territory present has a full of 20,76,671 registered voters. This fig includes 9,92,443 men, 10,84,207 women, and 21 transgender voters. The revision process saw a important displacement from the archetypal figures recorded successful precocious 2025. On October 27, 2025, the territory had 21,44,527 voters, but the consequent draught database published connected December 23, 2025, showed a simplification to 19,83,885 voters. During the enumeration signifier of SIR 2026, authorities removed a full of 1,60,642 names from the database owed to assorted factors categorized nether ASD (Absent, Shifted, Dead) and duplicates. This included 49,283 deceased voters, 39,667 untraceable individuals, 54,089 voters who had permanently shifted residency, 10,432 duplicate enrollments, and 7,171 cases cited nether different reasons. To guarantee the accuracy of the electoral roll, predetermination officials conducted extended hearings for 2,52,722 cases, which included 1,53,927 voters who could not beryllium mapped during the SIR process and 98,795 cases involving logical discrepancies. After a thorough verification of supporting documents, 2,48,976 eligible voters were reinstated into the last list. However, 3,746 individuals were disqualified during these hearings connected grounds of death, treble enrollment, oregon holding overseas citizenship. Voters who person been disqualified oregon person grievances regarding the last database person been provided with a structured entreaty process. A archetypal entreaty tin beryllium submitted to the District Election Officer wrong 15 days of receiving the order, portion a 2nd entreaty tin beryllium filed with the Chief Electoral Officer wrong 30 days. The Electoral Registration Officers volition present manus implicit the constituency-wise last elector lists to each recognized governmental parties to guarantee transparency and preparedness for aboriginal electoral exercises.
Published - February 22, 2026 06:39 p.m. IST
