THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Kerala’s electoral roll has been completed, with the Election Commission publishing the final voter list on Saturday.
The final voters’ list, prepared after completing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Kerala, has 2.69 crore voters, around 9 lakh fewer than before the revision.
The final list released on Saturday has a total of 2,69,53,644 voters. Around nine lakh people have been excluded from the list, with exactly 8,97,211 removed following the exercise. There were 2.78 crore voters in the roll before the SIR.
Kerala Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ratan Khelkar on Friday said that of the 36.88 lakh voters summoned for hearing, 53,229 were removed from the final roll. “They were found to be either dead, had accepted overseas citizenship, shifted or were detected as duplicate entries,” he added.
Notably, the final voters’ list for the assembly election will have 16.54 lakh fewer electors compared to the December 2025 local body voters’ list. The civic poll-specific roll prepared by the State Election Commission had 2.86 crore electors.
Although the final voter list has been published, new voters can still register their names until the time of filing nomination papers for the assembly elections.
“All eligible citizens can apply for fresh enrolment in the voters’ list until the last day of filing of nominations by candidates,” Kelkar said.
Agencies