NCR districts shed around 1 in 5 voters after SIR

Noida: The final electoral rolls for all assembly constituencies in Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad were published on Friday following the Special Intensive Revision exercise, with the two NCR districts together now accounting for 37.7 lakh registered voters.The drive has downsized the electorate with 9.3 lakh deletions — 5.7 lakh in Ghaziabad and 3.6 lakh in Gautam Budh Nagar. The two districts are among the top five in UP in percentage terms to see a reduction in electorate size.State capital Lucknow saw the steepest percentage decline in registered voters at 22.9% (9.14 lakh reduction), followed by Ghaziabad at 20.4%, Kanpur at 19.4% (6.9 lakh), GB Nagar at 19.3% and Meerut at 18.75% (5.06 lakh).Among assembly constituencies across Uttar Pradesh, two in NCR recorded the highest deletions in absolute numbers — Sahibabad led with 3.2 lakh names removed, while Noida ranked second with 1.8 lakh.In Gautam Budh Nagar, the final roll recorded 15.1 lakh voters across its three assembly constituencies, up from 14.2 lakh in the draft list after around 86,000 new names were added during the extensive revision drive. The number is significantly lower than the 18.7 lakh registered voters the district had last year, with around 1 in five registered voters removed from the rolls.

By assembly constituency, the second-highest deletions in GB Nagar were in Dadri at 1.2 lakh. There were around 55,000 deletions in Jewar. Among the three assembly segments, Dadri now has a higher voter count at 6.1 lakh than Noida’s post-SIR 5.9 lakh.The district’s final electorate comprises 8.2 lakh male voters, 6.8 lakh female voters and 50 third-gender voters. The gender ratio stands at 828, and the Elector Population ratio at 54.59.

The revision process, which began on Nov 4, 2025, involved door-to-door verification of voters, with field teams cross-referencing entries against the 2003 electoral rolls. Voters found to be absent, shifted, duplicated or deceased were flagged for deletion.District magistrate Medha Roopam said the electorate would continue to grow even after formal publication of the roll. Form 6 applications for fresh enrolment would be accepted on a rolling basis, she said, adding that the exercise was designed to improve accuracy while protecting the registration of genuine voters.

The administration, she said, carried out notice-based verification of flagged and unmapped entries before any deletion was confirmed.In Ghaziabad, which had 28.4 lakh registered voters in Oct 2025 pre-SIR, the number in the final roll came down to 22.6 lakh voters, excluding the Dhaulana segment. Of these, 12.7 lakh are male voters, 10 lakh are female and 130 are third-gender voters.Officials from both districts said enrolment would remain open, with eligible citizens able to register through the standard application process even after the final rolls were published.The rolls were reopened for public inspection at polling stations across both districts on Friday. Officials urged residents to verify their details over the coming week. The revision was carried out with Jan 1, 2026, as the qualifying date. Claims and objections were accepted between Jan 6 and March 6.Among Ghaziabad’s five constituencies, the gap between the segments with highest deletions was a wide one, with Sahibabad seeing 3.16 lakh removals and Loni around 85,000.

Sahibabad, the state’s largest assembly constituency by population, now has 7.3 lakh voters. Loni follows with 4.5 lakh voters, Muradnagar with 3.9 lakh (after 67,000 deletions), Ghaziabad with 3.9 lakh (after 77,000 deletions), and Modinagar with 3.1 lakh (after 26,000 deletions).The final list includes 12.7 lakh male voters, 10 lakh female voters and 130 third-gender voters.Among Ghaziabad’s five constituencies, the gap between the segments with highest deletions was a wide one, with Sahibabad seeing 3.16 lakh removals and Loni around 85,000.DM Ravindra Mander said the exercise involved 24 consultation meetings with recognised national and state political parties. Grievances were handled across three platforms, with 7,378 complaints logged through the voter helpline (1950), 31,832 through the BLO app and 7,487 via the National Grievance Service Portal.