Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:20pm on 27 Dec 2025,Saturday Politics
The Election Commission has released Assam’s draft electoral rolls after a Special Revision exercise ahead of the Assembly polls. The state now has 2.51 crore registered voters, not counting about 93,000 doubtful voters, known as D-voters. A total of 10.56 lakh names were removed. Officials said nearly 4.79 lakh deletions were due to deaths, over 5.23 lakh voters had moved from their listed homes, and about 53,600 were marked as similar or duplicate entries. The door-to-door check ran from November 22 to December 20 across over 61 lakh households. Voters can file claims or objections till January 22. (PC: HT)