Maharashtra removes over 2.07cr voters amid SIR digitization shortfall

India Aug 18, 2026

Maharashtra just removed over 2.07crore voters from its rolls because their voter enumeration forms weren't collected during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive.

Out of nearly 9,78,54,049 registered voters, only about 7,69,52,262 records have been digitized so far.

SEC cites deaths migration and urbanization

The SEC says most of the deleted entries were people who had passed away, moved permanently, or couldn't be traced; issues made worse by rapid urban growth and migration since the last big update in 2002.

Urban districts like Thane, Mumbai, and Pune saw the highest shares of uncollected forms.

Rohit Pawar alleges BJP influenced verification

NCP-SP's Rohit Pawar has raised concerns about fairness in this process, alleging that BJP workers influenced verification and software was used to sort voters by political leanings, raising questions about how impartial the cleanup really was.