Aizwal: Representatives of major political parties in Mizoram on Tuesday unanimously resolved that names appearing in the draft electoral roll prepared under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 should be deleted if they are included in the 2025 electoral roll but have no linkage with the records of the 2005 Special Intensive Revision.
The resolution was adopted during an all-party meeting in Aizawl, where leaders reviewed the progress of the SIR 2026 exercise.
In a joint resolution, the political parties said entries classified under the “No linkage with last SIR” category should be removed from the draft electoral roll wherever the classification is found to be valid after verification.
The meeting also urged that all entries carrying remarks or considered doubtful be thoroughly verified in coordination with civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the electoral rolls.
The parties further resolved to maintain close coordination and work collectively throughout the revision process to facilitate the smooth implementation of the SIR 2026 exercise. They also endorsed the role of NGOs in the ongoing revision, expressing full support for their participation.
Earlier, Mizoram Chief Electoral Officer Garima Gupta had said that enumeration forms of 46,163 voters, accounting for 5.28 per cent of the state’s total electorate in the 2025 electoral roll, could not be collected during the SIR exercise conducted between May 30 and June 28.
According to the CEO, 21,295 electors (2.43 per cent) were found to have died, 13,978 (1.60 per cent) had permanently shifted, possibly to other states or abroad, 8,333 (0.95 per cent) were untraceable despite repeated visits, and 2,248 (0.26 per cent) were already enrolled elsewhere.
In addition, 309 voters whose names appeared in the 2025 electoral roll declined to be enrolled during the revision exercise, citing religious reasons.
Officials said that 8,75,068 enumeration forms were distributed, of which 8,28,906 were collected and digitised, making Mizoram the first among the 16 states undertaking the third phase of the SIR exercise to achieve 100 per cent digitisation of all collected forms.
According to the draft electoral roll published on July 4, Mizoram has 8,28,906 electors, including 4,29,881 women voters.
Aizawl district accounts for the highest number of electors, with more than 2.72 lakh voters, followed by Lunglei with 98,808 electors and Lawngtlai with 90,699. Hnahthial, created in 2019, has the lowest number of voters at 15,443.
Officials said the period for filing claims and objections will remain open from July 4 to August 4, while disposal of claims will continue until September 2. The final electoral rolls are scheduled to be published on September 6.