Amid a raging controversy over the deletion of millions of voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in various states, the Election Commission is likely to hold a special summary revision (SSR) of voter rolls in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections in the state, people aware of the matter said on Sunday.
The Election Commission is likely to release the voter list for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in the first week of January. Ahead of the 2022 elections, an SSR was conducted in the state. The final voter list was published on January 5, 2022. After the SIR concluded in April in Uttar Pradesh, the final electoral rolls had 133.9 million voters, shrinking by 13.24%, compared to 154.4 million voters listed in the electoral rolls published on October 27, 2025, after a special summary revision. The Election Commission of India has announced a ‘no voter to be left behind’ campaign across 20 states where SIR has been completed to address allegations of indiscriminate deletions of voters. Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa said any eligible citizen can apply by filling out Form-6 online through the Election Commission of India’s Citizen Service Portal (voters.eci.gov.in) or the ECINET Mobile App.
The drive is aimed at re-enrolling any genuine or eligible citizens whose names were accidentally omitted during the recent voter list clean-up exercises. Last month, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had claimed that the Election Commission of India could undertake another review of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections and urged his party workers to remain vigilant.
