Uttar Pradesh : Electorate rises by 84 lakh to 13.39 crore after SIR

In Uttar Pradesh, electorate grew by over 84 lakh to 13.39 crore after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to the final voter list published on Friday. Addressing a press conference at the Lok Bhawan Media Centre in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh's Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said the SIR exercise was conducted from October 27, 2025, to April 10, 2026, covering all 75 districts, 403 assembly constituencies and polling stations across the state. He said the 166-day exercise was carried out with the contribution of 75 District Election Officers (DEOs), 403 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 12,758 Assistant EROs, 18,026 BLO supervisors and 1,77,516 Booth Level Officers (BLOs). In addition, 5,82,877 booth-level agents of recognised political parties and crores of voters extended cooperation.Rinwa said the draft electoral roll published on January 6, 2026, had a total of 12,55,56,025 voters, including 6.88 crore male voters, 5.67 crore female voters and 4,119 third gender voters.

Uttar Pradesh | ECI released final voter list after SIR. 13,39,84,752 Voters in the final list post SIR. 84,28,727 voters added in the final list from draft list. 42,27,902 male and 42,00,778 female voters added in the final voter list. There were 12,55,56,025 voters in the… pic.twitter.com/8jtNAxASLv

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The number of voters in the 18-19 age group stood at 3,33,981, while the gender ratio was 824 female voters per 1,000 male voters.Among districts, Prayagraj recorded the highest increase in voters at 3,29,421, followed by Lucknow at 2,85,961, Bareilly at over 2,57,000, Ghaziabad at 2,43,666 and Jaunpur at 2,37,590. The CEO said the successful completion of the revision exercise reflects coordinated efforts by election officials, political parties and voters across the state.

(Senior Journalist)