About 6.3% of voters in Manipur and 11.2% of voters in Sikkim have been deleted from the electoral rolls after the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise. The final photo electoral rolls were published in both northeastern States on Sunday (September 6, 2026).
Before the SIR exercise began, Manipur had 20,93,076 voters, and Sikkim had 4,71,081 voters. After the SIR, the names of 1.85 lakh voters — 1,32,456 in Manipur and 52,614 in Sikkim — were deleted from the rolls of the two States. Manipur now has 19,60,620 eligible voters, while Sikkim has 4,18,467. In Manipur, female voters (10,06,962) outnumber their male counterparts (9,53,350), recording a gender ratio of 1,056 females for every 1,000 male electors. The State has 308 third-gender electors. The draft electoral roll published on July 5 had 19,34,399 electors. The Sikkim CEO’s office in Gangtok said the State’s final electoral roll has 4,18,467 voters, after the deletion of 52,614 names . The final roll includes 2,12,534 male voters, 2,05,931 females, and two belonging to the third gender.
In a statement, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said the final photo electoral rolls were published in compliance with the instructions issued by the Election Commission of India. Among the mapped electors, the Election Commission’s digital system identified 52,384 as having “logical discrepancies”.
