42.7 lakh voters deleted from Madhya Pradesh draft roll after SIR

Over 42.74 lakh electors have been deleted from the draft voter list in Madhya Pradesh, published after the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State, the Election Commission said on Tuesday (December 23, 2025).

Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh, Sanjeev Kumar Jha, said that of the total 5.74 crore electors in the State, 5.31 crore submitted their enumeration forms during the SIR exercise conducted from November 4 to December 18. Around 42.74 lakh voters did not submit the document.

“Of these 42.74 lakh names, 8.46 lakh, or 1.47%, were found to be deceased, 31.51 lakh, or 5.49%, were either absent (from their given home address) or had shifted to other places, while 2.77 lakh people were found to be registered as voters in more than one place,” Mr. Jha said, adding that those left out can file claims and objections from December 23 to January 22.