The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced yet another extension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh. The final list will now be published on April 10. Earlier, it was to be released on March 6.
Now, the poll body has further extended the claims and objections period to March 6, the period for issuing notices to electors till March 27 and the final publication date of electoral rolls to April 10.
In a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday, the EC said it had considered the CEO’s request and “other relevant factors” and decided to revise the schedule.
The EC had announced the SIR of electoral rolls in nine states, including Uttar Pradesh, and three UTs in October last year.
The electoral rolls of the other states and UTs are scheduled to be published on February 14.
As per the last extension for Uttar Pradesh, the EC, in December 2025 had set the draft roll publication date as January 6, the period for filing claims and objections as January 6 to February 6, and the final roll publication date as March 6.
The draft roll published in Uttar Pradesh saw the deletion of 19 per cent of electors, taking the total down from 15.44 crore to 12.55 crore.
After that, another 3.36 crore or 26 per cent of the electors have been flagged for notices. If these electors do not appear for hearings or provide the required documents to establish their eligibility, they may also be removed from the final list.