Mizoram deletes 46,191 voters after special roll revision

More than 46,000 voters have been removed from Mizoram's electoral rolls after the completion of a Special Intensive Revision, a senior election official said. The exercise began on May 20 and concluded on Sunday, with all enumeration forms fully digitised.

Mizoram Joint Chief Electoral Officer Ethel Rothangpuii told PTI that 46,191 names were deleted for reasons including death, untraceable status, permanent migration and duplicate enrolments. Following the revision, the state's electorate now stands at 8,28,877, or 94.72 per cent of the more than 8.75 lakh voters recorded in the 2025 electoral rolls.

Of the total names removed, 21,290 belonged to deceased voters, 8,352 were of people who could not be traced, 13,992 were of those who had permanently shifted to other states or abroad, and 2,245 were found to have duplicate enrolments, she said.

Rothangpuii also said 312 eligible voters either refused to enrol or re-enrol during the exercise because of religious beliefs. She said these individuals had either been included in the 2025 electoral rolls or had relatives enrolled during the previous Special Intensive Revision.

The draft electoral rolls will be published on July 4. Electors will then be able to file claims and objections from July 5 to August 4.

The revision exercise has taken place amid demands from the influential Mizo Zirlai Pawl for a thorough verification of electoral rolls in Chakma-dominated areas of southern Mizoram. Last week, the student body alleged an abnormal 121 per cent increase in the number of voters and the appearance of 97 new villages in the region. Rothangpuii said the Election Commission is examining the concerns raised by the student body, even as the revision has reduced the electorate and set the stage for the publication of the draft rolls next month.