New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released draft voter rolls for Uttar Pradesh following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

The draft electoral roll published today has 12.55 crore voters in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The SIR process started in Uttar Pradesh on 4 November.

In October 2025 Electoral roll had 15.44 crore voters in UP. After the SIR exercise names of 2.89 crore voters have been dropped.

Among the voters whose name have been removed include 46.23 lakh ( 2.99%) deceased, 2.17 crore (14.06%) who have shifted from their old residences and 25.46 lakh ( 1.65%) names whose details were found on multiple locations, officials said in Lucknow on Tuesday.

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