Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Goa has secured the 7th position among States in the country for electoral roll purification, recording a net deletion of 10.2 per cent during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, in line with trends observed across India.
Data released by the Election Commission of India shows that the highest deletion rate was reported in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 16.6 per cent. Among States, Uttar Pradesh (13.2 per cent), Gujarat (13.1 per cent), Chhattisgarh (11.3 per cent), West Bengal (10.9 per cent), and Tamil Nadu (10.6 per cent) ranked ahead of Goa.
In Goa, a total of 1.39 lakh entries were removed from the voter list. This included 1,00,042 voters categorized as absent, shifted, deceased, or duplicate (ASDD), along with 39,592 “unmapped electors” whose records could not be aligned with data from the 2002 revision. Following this exercise, the State’s total electorate stands at 10,57,566.
The revision also saw the addition of around 12,000 new voters, ensuring that the updated roll remains balanced and accurate. Women make up a slight majority of the electorate in Goa, accounting for 51.6 per cent of voters.
Across the country, the first phase of the SIR exercise covered 12 States and resulted in a combined net deletion of nearly 5.2 crore names. The drive largely focused on removing entries identified as absent, shifted, deceased, duplicate, or otherwise unverified.
The SIR process, which began in November last year, also included efforts to enrol new voters. In the second phase nationwide, more than 2 crore fresh voters were added, partially offsetting the large-scale deletions and contributing to a more updated electoral database.
