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A small implicit 24 lakh voters successful Kerala person been excluded from the draught electoral rotation published by the Election Commission of India (EC) connected Tuesday nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) nether mode successful the State.
The draught electoral rotation has 2.54 crore voters.
In all, 24,08,503 voters are successful the Absent, Shifted, Dead (ASD) database published alongside the draught rolls. Of this, 6,45,548 are listed arsenic ‘untraceable/absent,’ 8,16,221 arsenic ‘permanently shifted,’ portion 1,60,830, are successful the ‘others’ category, which includes radical who person refused to judge oregon instrumentality the enumeration forms. The database besides has 6,49,885 dormant voters and 1,36,029 duplicated names.
This list, designated arsenic ‘uncollectable enumeration forms’ by the EC, constitutes astir 8.65% of the electors.
Individuals successful the ASD database tin adhd their names to the electoral rotation by filing a Form 6 exertion on with a declaration form, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar said connected Tuesday. Overseas electors should record their applications utilizing Form 6A.
The draught electoral rotation published connected Tuesday has 2,54,42,352 voters successful all. This includes 1,30,58,731 pistillate voters, 1,23,83,341 antheral voters and 280 transgender voters.
Among the 14 districts, Malappuram has the highest fig of voters, 32,38,452. Thiruvananthapuarm territory has the highest fig of transgender voters (57) followed by Malappuram (42) and Kozhikode (41).
The electoral rotation arsenic connected October 27, 2025, had 2,78,50,855 voters successful all. The SIR enumeration forms had been issued to these voters.
Interestingly, the fig of voters successful the draught rolls is 31.63 lakh little compared to the electoral rotation maintained by the State Election Commission, which holds the elections to section bodies. The 2025 section assemblage polls held earlier this period had, successful all, 2,86,05,525 eligible voters.
“The mandate of the SIR is to see each eligible voters successful the voters’ database and exclude ineligible voters. We petition each voters to cheque whether their names are successful the draught roll,” Mr. Kelkar said.
The draught rotation has been published amid stiff absorption by the State authorities which, expressing heavy interest implicit the imaginable exclusion of “nearly 25 lakh voters,” had sought much clip for voters to taxable the enumeration forms.
Steps person besides been taken to enroll caller voters successful the roll, helium said.
Claims and objections tin beryllium filed till January 22, Mr. Kelkar said. The announcement signifier (hearings and verification) volition past till February 14. The last rotation volition beryllium published connected February 21.
If a elector whose sanction is successful the draught rotation is excluded aft a proceeding by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), the archetypal entreaty tin beryllium filed earlier the District Election Officer (DEO) wrong 15 days of the bid of the ERO. The 2nd entreaty tin beryllium filed with the CEO wrong 30 days of the DEO’s order.
Notices volition beryllium served connected the elector by the booth-level officers (BLO) and get acknowledgement connected the 2nd copy, arsenic each announcement is issued successful duplicate.
