Big relief to 2.80 crore voters of UP! Names were about to be deleted, but now the Election Commission has given the green signal:

News India Live, Digital Desk: There is news of relief for crores of voters amid the ongoing turmoil regarding the new voter list in Uttar Pradesh. Under the Special Intensive Review (SIR) campaign, 2.80 crore people whose names were in danger of being cut off are now safe. During the hearing of the Election Commission, these voters presented valid documents, after which the decision has been taken to retain their names in the voter list.

What was the whole controversy and notice issue?

Total number under SIR campaign to remove fake and duplicate voters in UP 3.26 crores The process of issuing notices to voters had started.

Notice Status: So far 3.08 crores Notices have been sent to the people.

Verification: Of these, about 86 percent (2.80 crore) voters participated in the hearing and were declared valid if their documents were found to be correct.

Name cut off data: Till now only through Form-7 (Application for deletion of name) 44,952 Only the names have been removed.

For what reasons were 44,952 names removed?

Mainly three major reasons have emerged behind the removed names:

Migration: Names of 27,118 people were removed due to shifting from one place to another.

Voluntary Application: 10,014 people applied themselves to get their names removed from the list.

Death and other objections: 7,820 names were deleted based on objections raised by other persons, of which 5,153 names were deleted due to deaths of voters.

Final publication will be on 10th April

Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa Last date for filing claims and objections as per 6 March 2026 has ended.

new application: Record between January 6 and March 6 70.69 lakh People have applied for name addition by filling Form 6.

Final List: After disposal of all claims and objections 10 April 2026 The final voter list of Uttar Pradesh will be published on .

What is special for the voters?

The Election Commission has made it clear that the voters whose names were not in the draft list were given adequate opportunity. This time, more emphasis was given on verification in urban areas (especially Lucknow and Ghaziabad) so that the scope for fake voting could be eliminated.