The Mysterious 16.18 Lakh Voters Added to Uttar Pradesh’s Roll
- The Reporters’ Collective found that Uttar Pradesh’s election authorities have not published application details for 16.18 lakh voters reportedly added during the Special Intensive Revision.
- The Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer’s website lists 71.38 lakh Form 6 applications, while 84.3 lakh voters were added to the final roll, creating a discrepancy of 12.92 lakh.
- The report says the Election Commission mentioned the additional applications in a March 7 press release but did not provide the individual details required by law.
- Navdeep Rinwa did not directly answer questions, and the Election Commission and state authorities had not responded by the time of publication.
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UP SIR Voter List Row: CEO Refutes Claims of 16.18 Lakh ‘Mysterious’ Voter Additions | 📰 LatestLY
UP Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa has rejected a report alleging that 16.18 lakh “mysterious” voters were added to the state’s electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), saying the claims are factually incorrect. The clarification comes months ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, amid continuing scrutiny of the voter-list revision process. 📰 UP SIR Voter List Row: CEO Refutes Claims of 16.18 Lakh ‘Mysteri…
UP SIR: Details of 16.18L new voters missing, says report
New Delhi: An independent analysis of Uttar Pradesh’s updated electoral roll has uncovered a major transparency failure, revealing that the application data for 16.18 lakh voters is missing from the state’s public portal. Although the Election Commission of India received 88 lakh new Form 6 applications during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the state Chief … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports,…
The uproar over adding names of 16.18 lakh voters before the elections in UP: Know 4 key questions There has been a major political upheaval regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Voter List in Uttar Pradesh before the assembly elections to be held in the year 2027. Investigative investigations by media reports […]
16.18 lakh mysterious voters in UP, 12.92 lakh voters added beyond applications in SIR
According to the Collective’s analysis, the ECI added 84.3 lakh voters to the final electoral list, 12.92 lakh more than publicly disclosed applications, raising questions about how additions could exceed applications when Form 6 is prescribed for electoral-roll inclusion.
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