# Uttarakhand starts tracing 8.27 lakh voters dropped after revision

2026-10-08T00:59:35+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 3 independent outlets (4 source reports)

Uttarakhand's Chief Electoral Officer BVRC Purushottam announced a three-day camp from 8 October at all 12,543 polling stations to trace voters marked as absent during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The state's final roll published on 3 October had 71,58,949 electors, about 8.27 lakh fewer than the pre-SIR count of 84,29,459. House-to-house verification will follow from 12 to 20 October, with booth-level officers comparing lists and enrolling eligible persons through Form 6. Separately in Uttar Pradesh, state Congress president Aradhana Mishra Mona alleged that around 2.04 crore names had been removed during the SIR and demanded the Election Commission publish district-wise deletion details. The UP Chief Electoral Officer issued a clarification on X refuting a media report about 'mysterious' addition of 16.18 lakh voters, stating forms were collected during standard enumeration before 6 January 2026.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

The coverage splits by state event. Indian Express and Hans India report Uttarakhand's three-day drive from 8 October to trace the 8.27 lakh voters marked absent after the SIR, with Hans India explicitly noting it comes after opposition criticism. Times of India reports a separate Uttar Pradesh story: the state Congress president alleges 2.04 crore deletions and demands district-wise details. The third Hans India article is UP's CEO rebutting a report about a 'mysterious' 16.18 lakh voter addition, defending the SIR as transparent. Indian Express and UP CEO share a neutral-report stance on their respective stories, Times of India's frame is government-critical by foregrounding Congress's allegations without the CEO's counter. Hans India's Uttarakhand story is neutral-report. The four sources cover three different political contexts in two states.

## Coverage

Coverage: 4 sources, 1 government-critical, 3 neutral
- indianexpress.com (neutral report) <https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-election-commission-missing-voters-sir-electoral-roll-verification-camps-form-6-10911122/>
  Neutral reporting of election officials' plan
- thehansindia.com (neutral report) <https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/new-delhi/ukhand-to-conduct-3-day-camp-to-add-left-out-voters-1129937>
  Neutral reporting adding opposition criticism context
- thehansindia.com (2) (neutral report) <https://www.thehansindia.com/uttarpradesh/up-ceo-refutes-report-alleging-mysterious-voter-addition-1129936>
  Neutral report of CEO's defence of SIR
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com (government critical) <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-cong-chief-claims-2-04-crore-names-removed-in-sir-asks-ec-to-clarify-grounds/articleshow/134774096.cms>
  Leads with Congress allegations, no official rebuttal

This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.

Tags: Aradhana Mishra Mona, B.V.R.C. Purushottam, Election Commission of India, Special Intensive Revision, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
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