Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:47pm on 12 Oct 2026,Monday India
Punjab’s final electoral roll, released on October 12, lists 2,01,00,727 eligible voters after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The state recorded a decline of over 13.6 lakh electors, or 6.33%, from the 2,14,61,043 voters registered before the revision began. Chief Electoral Officer Anindita Mitra said 7,97,263 new voters were added to the final list. The number of electors increased from 1.93 crore in the draft roll published in August. The revision involved checking records for deaths, migration, absent voters and duplicate entries ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly election. (PC: NDTV)
