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Rajasthan local poll rolls have 30 lakh extra voters: Activist
The Story in Brief
Nearly 30 lakh voters listed in Rajasthan's electoral rolls for local body elections do not appear in the Election Commission's final list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, activist Nikhil Dey has alleged, according to PTI.
The Election Commission's final SIR roll, published in February 2026, reduced the state's electorate from 5.47 crore to 5.15 crore after deleting 44.28 lakh names and adding 12.91 lakh. However, the State Election Commission's (SEC) rolls for the same 199 Assembly constituencies still carry about 5.45 crore names, a gap of nearly 30 lakh voters.
SEC Secretary Rajesh Verma said the commission used the pre-SIR roll (updated January 1, 2025) as local poll preparations began before the SIR was completed. Chief Electoral Officer Naveen Mahajan confirmed this and said no objections were received against the final roll. Dey questioned how names marked deceased in one roll remain in another.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both Times of India and New Indian Express report the same facts from PTI, attributing the SEC's use of the pre-SIR roll to procedural timing. Neither outlet adopts a critical or pro-government stance, coverage is uniform and neutral. Dey's objections are reported without endorsement, and the SEC's explanation is presented as given. The core dispute, whether continued use of outdated rolls is a technical necessity or an administrative failure, is left open. No next step, such as a legal challenge or SEC review, is named by either source.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), newindianexpress.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
