Dimapur: Dimapur Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Tinojongshi Chang on Thursday said that 36,629 electors across three Assembly constituencies in Dimapur district were deleted during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR), bringing the total number of electors in the draft electoral roll down from 1,25,703 in 2025 to 89,074.
Presenting the summary report on the draft electoral roll published under SIR 2026 at a review meeting at the DC’s office, Chang said Dimapur-I recorded 8,749 deletions, reducing the number of electors from 25,525 in 2025 to 16,776 in the draft roll.
Dimapur-II had 60,920 electors in 2025, of whom 19,605 were deleted, leaving 41,315 in the draft roll.
Dimapur-III recorded 39,258 electors in 2025, but 8,275 names were deleted, leaving 30,983 electors in the draft roll.
The meeting also reviewed the progress of notice generation and delivery, along with the receipt and disposal of forms under the revision exercise.
As of October 22, a total of 53,806 notices were required to be generated, of which 53,797 had been generated. Of these, 50,835 notices had been delivered, while 2,962 were pending delivery.
The Assembly constituency-wise summary showed that 2,943 forms had been received between July 26 and October 20, with 939 forms pending disposal across the three constituencies.
The meeting was attended by Dimapur district electoral roll observer Sotsula, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) and representatives of recognised political parties in the district.
Sotsula enquired about issues that might have arisen during field verification, including cases involving deaths, spelling errors and other difficulties faced by election officials and political party representatives.
She said electoral records must be accurate, transparent and up to date.
She also said proper evidence should be maintained in cases where individuals refused to accept forms. She urged officials and political party representatives to bring any difficulties or concerns to her attention so that they could be addressed appropriately.