Guwahati: More than 46,000 names have been deleted from Mizoram‘s electoral rolls following the completion of the state’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, a senior election official said on Sunday.
The state-wide verification exercise, which began on May 20, concluded on Sunday after all enumeration forms were successfully digitised, according to Mizoram Joint Chief Electoral Officer Ethel Rothangpuii.
She said a total of 46,191 voters were removed from the electoral rolls for various reasons, including death, migration, duplicate enrolment and untraceable status.
Of those deleted, 21,290 voters were found to be deceased, 8,352 could not be traced during the verification process, 13,992 had permanently shifted to other states or countries, and 2,245 were identified as duplicate entries.
In addition, 312 individuals were excluded after they declined to enrol or re-enrol during the revision exercise due to religious beliefs, despite either being included in the 2025 electoral rolls or having relatives enrolled during the previous SIR, Rothangpuii said.
Following the revision, Mizoram‘s total electorate now stands at 8,28,877, accounting for 94.72 per cent of the more than 8.75 lakh voters recorded in the initial 2025 electoral rolls.
The draft electoral rolls will be published on July 4, after which claims and objections can be submitted between July 5 and August 4 before the final rolls are prepared.
The large-scale deletion of voters comes amid growing concerns over the accuracy of electoral rolls, particularly in Chakma-majority areas of southern Mizoram.
The Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), one of the state’s most influential student organisations, recently alleged an abnormal rise in voter numbers and the emergence of 97 new villages in Chakma-dominated border areas.
The organisation submitted a memorandum to the Chief Electoral Officer, seeking a fresh verification of electoral rolls in 195 villages that it claims have long been vulnerable to illegal immigration.
According to MZP president C. Lalremruata, the number of registered voters in these 195 villages increased from 43,540 in 2005 to 96,531 in 2024.
While the voter population in the 98 villages that appeared in both the 2005 and 2024 electoral rolls grew by 31.15 per cent from 43,540 to 57,103, the organisation pointed out that an additional 39,428 voters are now registered in 97 villages that did not exist in the 2005 rolls.
Responding to the concerns, Rothangpuii said the Election Department is examining the issues raised by the MZP and is actively investigating the matter.