Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest net deletion of voters in absolute numbers at 2.04 crore after the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, followed by West Bengal at 83.86 lakh.

In percentage terms, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands had the highest net deletion at 16.6%, followed by Uttar Pradesh at 13.2%, and West Bengal ranked fifth with 10.9%.

Lakshadweep recorded the lowest deletion both in absolute numbers (181) and percentage terms (0.3 %).

According to data shared by Election Commission of India sources, during the revision of voter lists in SIR phase II, as many as 67 lakh deceased voters and 1.28 crore duplicate voters were removed. The phase II, announced on October 27 last year, also identified 1.34 crore non-existent voters and 3.15 crore voters who had migrated.

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The consolidated electoral rolls of nine States and three Union territories that underwent the SIR exercise registered a reduction of 10.2%, bringing the number of active voters down to 45.81 crore. When phase II was announced, the voter base across the nine States and three UTs stood at more than 50.99 crore.

According to the ECI data, 66.88 lakh deceased voters were removed, with the highest number from Uttar Pradesh (25.47 lakh), followed by West Bengal (24.16 lakh). In all, 1.28 crore duplicate voters were deleted, with UP having the highest share at 79.5 lakh.

A total of 63.16 lakh names were removed following objections and adjudication through Form 7, with West Bengal recording the highest at 33.15 lakh.

SIR phase II was conducted in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Puducherry, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Goa. The final electoral rolls were published on different dates, with Uttar Pradesh being the last on April 10.

The next phase of the exercise, covering 17 States and five UTs, is likely to begin after the ongoing Assembly polls. These States and UTs are: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Telangana and Uttarakhand.

In Assam, a “special revision”, instead of the SIR, was completed on February 10.