The “Uttar Pradesh Draft Voter List 2026,” released on January 6 after a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), shows nearly 28.9 million names deleted from the rolls. Most deletions occurred in urban centres like Lucknow and Ghaziabad. The removed names are those of voters marked as shifted (permanently relocated), deceased, duplicate or untraceable. Booth-level officers conducted door-to-door verification, distributing and collecting forms to update every record. Voters are now urged to check the draft list and submit claims or objections by Feb 6, ahead of the final roll on March 6