Sikkim SIR 2026: Final Electoral Roll Published

BIJOY GURUNG

54,209 voters deleted, total voters in Sikkim stands at 4,18,467

GANGTOK,: The total number of eligible electors in Sikkim stood at 4,18,467 after 54,209 voters were deleted from the final electoral roll published under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 on September 6.

As per an official press note, there are now 2,12,534 male voters, 2,05,931 female voters and two ‘third gender’ voters in Sikkim following the completion of SIR 2026. There were 4,71,018 voters enrolled in Sikkim before the SIR process began earlier this year in June.

It was informed that 54,209 voters were excluded from the final electoral roll under SIR 2026. Among them, 37,724 voters fell under the ‘Absentee, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate’ (ASDD) category, while 16,485 voters were found ineligible during scrutiny by Election officials under the unmapped category and for logical discrepancies.

A total of 10,837 names of deceased persons were deleted from the electoral rolls, while 8,648 voters were found absent or untraceable.

Decisions in respect of unmapped electors and cases of logical discrepancies were taken by the concerned Electoral Registration Officers and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers after issuing notices and conducting hearings and/or collecting requisite undertakings and BLO undertakings, as per the provisions and facilities made available in ECINET by the Election Commission of India (ECI), said the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sikkim.

Altogether, 1,24,519 notices were issued by the electoral authorities to the voters under the unmapped and logical discrepancies categories. The concerned electors were asked to attend hearings before the electoral officials with the requisite documents.

The final electoral roll has been published after due consideration of claims, objections, hearings and verification processes prescribed by the ECI, said the office of the Sikkim CEO.

Those aggrieved by the exclusion of their names from the final SIR electoral roll can file an appeal before the competent authority within the prescribed period.

There were 572 polling stations in Sikkim before SIR, while 53 new polling stations were created before the publication of the draft roll. The total number of polling stations during the draft and final roll stages is 625.

SIR 2026 | Who are these 54,209 excluded voters in Sikkim?

37,724 Voters: Those in the categories of Absentee, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate. Among them, 10,837 are dead voters while 14,603 had permanently shifted.

16,485 Voters: Those found ineligible during the notice and hearing period.