The Election Commission of India (ECI) on January 6, 2026 published the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh, recording 12,55,56,025 voters. The original pre-SIR roll had 15.44 crore names, meaning that 2.89 crore electors or 18.70 per cent were removed during the revision exercise. UP Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa confirmed the breakdown of deletions: 46.23 lakh were deceased (2.99 per cent of the original roll), 2.57 crore had permanently migrated or were unavailable during verification (14.06 per cent) and 25.47 lakh were duplicate or multiple-registration entries (1.65 per cent). The qualification date for the SIR is January 1, 2026. The claims and objections window opened on January 6 and remains open until February 6, 2026, during which eligible voters missing from the rolls can file Form 6 and existing voters can challenge wrongful deletions. The notice and disposal phase runs from January 6 to February 27, 2026, and the final electoral roll will be published on March 6, 2026. The SIR—ECI s most rigorous revision mechanism, last used at scale in Bihar—aims to clean electoral rolls ahead of the 2026 state assembly and parliamentary bye-election cycle. Voters can check inclusion at voters.eci.gov.in under the SIR-2026 section or at their polling booth.