Over 97 lakh voters deleted from Tamil Nadu draft electoral roll after SIR

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Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik addresses the media  astatine  the Secretariat successful  Chennai connected  December 19, 2025.

Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik addresses the media astatine the Secretariat successful Chennai connected December 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu

The Election Commission of India has published the integrated draught electoral roll for Tamil Nadu with 97.37 lakh voters deleted successful the draught rotation aft the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, according to Chief Election Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik.

— TN Elections CEO (@TNelectionsCEO) December 19, 2025

The full fig of voters arsenic of October 27, 2025 was 6,41,14,587. According to the draught rotation published connected Friday (December 19, 2025), the full fig of electors successful the State is 5,43,76,756. The full fig of voters removed aft the workout stands astatine 97,37,831.

The full fig of deceased voters identified is 26,94,672. As galore arsenic 66,44,881 voters person either shifted oregon were absent during the exercise. A full of 3,39,278 voters person been recovered enrolled successful aggregate places.

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) released the draught electoral rotation for 16 constituencies successful the Chennai district, listing a full of 25,79,676 voters. This includes 12,47,690 antheral voters, 13,31,243 pistillate voters, and 743 transperson voters. A full of 14,25,018 elector names person been deleted owed to reasons specified arsenic death, relocation, duplication, and absence.

Published - December 19, 2025 06:38 p.m. IST

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