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After backlash and mockery, Karnataka govt website of KMEA removes survey that showed majority of voters trust EVMs

The Karnataka government's study that showed the majority of voters trust EVMs has been removed from KMEA website.

Draft electoral roll for Kerala after SIR: 24 lakh names removed, dead, migrated, and untraceable people dropped

The removed 24,08,503 voters those marked in the Absent, Shifted, Dead (ASD) list. This list has been published alongside the draft electoral roll. In the ASD list, 6,45,548 are listed as ‘untraceable/absent’

Yogendra Yadav lies again: Claims 97 lakhs removals from Tamil Nadu draft voter roll as ‘snatching rights’, while those people have either died or...

Election Commission data from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat contradicts Yogendra Yadav’s claims, showing deletions were driven by deaths, migration, and duplicate registrations, while correction mechanisms remain available to eligible voters.

Draft electoral rolls after SIR: 97.3 lakh voter names deleted in Tamil Nadu, 73.7 lakh in Gujarat, death and migration primary cause

Under the Phae-2 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the draft electoral rolls of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat states were published yesterday. In...

West Bengal: Over 58 lakh names removed in SIR draft; 24 lakh voters dead, 19 lakh relocated and 12 lakh missing

The West Bengal assembly elections are set for early next year after the SIR program is completed in the state.

Election Commission announces revised dates for SIR in Six States and UTs

Following requests from Chief Electoral Officers, the Election Commission has updated the Special Intensive Revision timetable for electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andaman & Nicobar, and Uttar Pradesh. Eligible voters are encouraged to register before the new deadlines. Final rolls will be published in February 2026, with draft lists released mid-December for some States and UTs.

‘SIR cannot be stopped unless it shown that the ECI has no power to do it,’ says the Supreme Court, rejects claim that Commission...

The Court explained that if the Election Commission finds that a large number of voters in a state are dead, it cannot pick and choose constituencies in the state to conduct the SIR.

Drastic rise in voter numbers along border districts of West Bengal, TMC blames it on ‘Hindu refugees from Bangladesh’

Out of the 10 districts in the state which have experienced the alarming rise in the number of voters, 9 districts border Bangladesh.

272 eminent citizens slam Rahul Gandhi for tarnishing ECI by ‘vote chori’ allegations, say institutions must not be reduced to political punching bags

A group of 272 eminent citizens, including former judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, retired bureaucrats, ambassadors, senior IPS and IAS officers,...

Kerala govt moves Supreme Court to halt SIR, says it will trigger ‘administration breakdown’ during local body polls

The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court to postpone the ECI’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The State argues that conducting the revision alongside the upcoming December local body elections will cause severe administrative chaos and staff shortages.

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