KANPUR, Sept. 16 -- The ongoing voter roll revision for the 2026 panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh has revealed a major discrepancy wherein a house in Mahoba district is said to shelter 4,271 registered voters in Jaitpur gram panchayat, according to the draft voter list.

The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC), and not the Election Commission of India (ECI), conducts the preparation and revision of electoral rolls for the panchayat elections. It is a separate voter list from that prepared by the Election Commission of India whose list is used in state assembly and parliamentary elections.

While the 4,271 figure amounts to nearly one-fourth of Jaitpur's 16,069-strong electorate, election officials have described the error as...