India, Jan. 7 -- LUCKNOW The name of nearly every fifth voter in Uttar Pradesh might be removed after the special intensive revision (SIR), as the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday published the draft roll that dropped 28.9 million people, marking the highest percentage of deletions among major states where the controversial exercise has been conducted.

The draft roll now lists 125.5 million voters, down from 154.4 million voters in the roll published on October 27, 2025, after the special summary revision - a shrinking of 18.7% - said chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa. This number is lower than the size of the electorate in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls in the state, and the 2017 and 2022 assembly polls.

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