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The ongoing special intensive review (SIR) of electoral rolls in Gujarat revealed that more than 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the existing electoral roll across the state, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.
According to a report issued on Thursday (Dec 4, 2025), the SIR exercise in Gujarat began on November 4, with booth level officers (BLOs) distributing enumeration forms in their designated areas.
The campaign will last until December 11.
“In the last month, enumeration forms have been sent to more than five million voters registered in the 2025 voter list. In most of the 33 constituencies, 100 percent distribution has been completed. Work is currently underway to digitize the returned forms. Digitization work has so far been completed in 12 of the 182 constituencies,” it said.
These include Dhanera and Tharad of Banaskantha district, Limkheda and Dahod (ST) of Dahod district, Bayad of Aravalli district, Dhoraji, Jasdan and Gondal of Rajkot district, Keshod of Junagadh district, Mehmadabad of Kheda district, Khambhat of Anand district and Jalalpore of Navsari district.
Dang district is at the forefront in this work with 94.35% digitization of enumeration forms, the report said.
“During this exercise, it was revealed that 17 million deceased voters were still included in the voters’ list across the state. More than 6.14 million voters were found absent from their addresses. More than 30 million voters were recorded to have migrated permanently,” the report said.
The BLOs found more than 3.25 lakh voters in the ‘repeat’ category, meaning their names appeared at more than one place, the report said.
Published – 05 Dec 2025 08:52 IST
