The Election Commission of India (ECI) will release the draft electoral rolls for Uttar Pradesh on January 6 (today). Earlier, the list was scheduled to be published on December 31. The change came after the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer sought a two-week extension so that District Election Officers could re-check the names of voters marked as deceased, shifted, or absent.
The state had already been given a one-week extension before this. So far, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process has been completed in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
SIR 2026: How to check names in the draft voter list?
-Visit the Election Commission’s Voters’ Service Portal at https://voters.eci.gov.in/
-On the homepage, look for the section titled Special Intensive Revision (SIR)–2026.
-Click on ‘Search your name in Last SIR’.
You can search the draft voter list in two ways – By electoral details or by last SIR E-roll
If you choose search by electoral details, follow these steps:
-Enter details such as state, district, assembly constituency, polling station number and name, section number and name, part serial number, elector’s full name in SIR, age, relative type, and relative’s full name.
-Fill in the captcha and click on Search.
If you choose search in last SIR E-roll, follow these steps:
-Select your state and click on View.
-Choose your district and Assembly Constituency (AC), then click Show to see the list.
You can also visit your polling station to check the draft list with the booth-level officer (BLO). All BLOs are required to keep a copy of the electoral list for their booth. Another option is to check the draft voter list using the ECINET mobile app.
UP SIR: Over 2 crore names may be deleted
Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said the draft electoral roll, which was earlier expected on December 31, is likely to include around 12.55 crore voters. This suggests that nearly 2.89 crore names may be removed compared to the voter count before the SIR exercise.
People whose names are missing from the list will be allowed to raise objections after the draft rolls are published.
UP SIR list: What to do if your name is not on the list?
If your name does not appear in the draft list, you can file an objection with the Election Commission. According to PTI, Rinwa said, “Untraceable or missing voters who figure among the deleted, would need to show proof of inclusion in the 2003 SIR list or any of the ECI prescribed documents for getting names added to the voters’ list.”
Rinwa also said that the ECI will accept objections against the inclusion of any of the nearly 12.55 crore names in the draft electoral roll. These objections can be submitted using Form 7. If an objection is found to be valid, the concerned name may be removed from the list.
The forms can be submitted online through voters.eci.gov.in or the ECINET app. Offline submissions can be made by visiting the booth level officer (BLO).