02 September,2026 12:18 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Urban and rapidly expanding assembly constituencies recorded some of the highest numbers of excluded voters in Maharashtra's draft electoral roll released after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with Nalasopara in Palghar district topping the list.
The Chief Electoral Office said more than 2.06 crore names from the previous electoral roll were not included in the draft list following the revision exercise.
According to the data, the draft electoral roll now has 7,71,65,562 electors, compared with 9,78,54,049 voters before the SIR.
The names not included in the draft roll were classified under several categories, including voters already enrolled elsewhere, deceased persons, permanently shifted voters, untraceable or absent voters, and others.
Nalasopara, located on the outskirts of Mumbai in Palghar district, recorded the highest number of excluded names at 3,06,851.
The constituency had 4,361 voters categorised as already enrolled elsewhere, while 11,773 names were listed under the deceased category.
Another 28,501 voters were classified as permanently shifted, while 2,56,837 were marked as untraceable or absent. A further 5,379 names were placed under the "others" category.
The figures indicate that the large number of exclusions in Nalasopara was driven primarily by voters classified as untraceable or absent during the revision exercise.
Pune's Hadapsar assembly constituency recorded the second-highest number of exclusions, with 2,98,372 names not included in the draft electoral roll.
The exclusions comprised 6,910 voters already enrolled elsewhere, 14,718 deceased voters, 13,224 permanently shifted voters, 2,57,083 categorised as untraceable or absent, and 6,437 listed under other reasons.
Panvel in Raigad district ranked third, with 2,83,356 names excluded from the draft roll.
Of these, 8,017 voters were classified as already enrolled elsewhere, 13,862 as deceased and 1,40,969 as permanently shifted. Another 1,19,714 were listed as untraceable or absent, while 794 fell under other categories.
Pune's Khadakwasala assembly constituency recorded 2,77,851 excluded names.
The constituency had 6,855 voters already enrolled elsewhere, 14,179 listed as deceased and 22,353 classified as permanently shifted.
A further 2,32,600 voters were categorised as untraceable or absent, while 1,864 names fell under other categories.
Chinchwad, another assembly constituency in Pune district, followed with 2,69,733 exclusions.
The data showed that 14,164 voters were already enrolled elsewhere, 17,107 were deceased and 18,104 had permanently shifted. As many as 2,20,175 voters were listed as untraceable or absent, while 183 names were placed under other categories.
At the other end of the spectrum, Ahmednagar's Akole (ST) assembly constituency recorded the lowest number of exclusions at 16,430.
Ratnagiri's Rajapur followed with 17,102 excluded names, while Chimur in Chandrapur district recorded 17,866.
Buldhana's Jalgaon-Jamod and Khamgaon constituencies recorded 18,160 and 18,446 exclusions, respectively.
The variation across constituencies shows that exclusions were considerably higher in several urban and densely populated areas than in smaller or less urbanised constituencies.
Across Maharashtra, a total of 2,06,88,487 names were not included in the draft electoral roll following the SIR exercise.
The permanently shifted category accounted for the largest number of exclusions at 76,76,135.
This was followed by voters categorised as untraceable or absent, at 75,41,229.
The deceased category accounted for 34,82,231 names, while 17,66,502 voters were classified as already enrolled elsewhere.
Another 2,22,390 names were placed under the "others" category.
(with inputs from PTI)
