Announcing the completion of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Chhattisgarh, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday (February 21, 2026) said that nearly 2.35 lakh voters were added after the claims and objections phase.
The process started on October 27 last year and the draft rolls were published on December 23, 2025. In its statement on Saturday (February 21), the ECI said that there had been an increase of 2,34,994 voters in the final list over the draft rolls published earlier.
Over 27 lakh voters deleted from Chhattisgarh draft roll after SIR
Breaking up the numbers, the ECI said that there were 21,230,737 voters in the pre-SIR list and enumeration forms of 18,495,920 of them were received, which were digitised. This meant that 27 lakh voters were excluded in the draft rolls over deaths, enrolment at multiple places, change in address, etc.
Following this, claims and objections for inclusion and removal of names in the rolls and amendment to entries were submitted between last December 23 and January 21 this year. Upon resolution of these on February 14, 2026, the total number in the final rolls went up to 18,730,914, a net addition of 2,34,994.
