Odisha Final Electoral Roll Records 3.16 Crore Electors After SIR

According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, the final electorate comprises 1,61,30,319 male voters, 1,54,99,661 female voters and 2,774 third-gender voters.

The final roll follows an extensive enumeration, verification and claims-and-objections exercise during which more than 20 lakh electors were left out of the draft roll, while nearly 2.91 lakh were subsequently added.

Odisha had 3,33,99,591 electors as on May 17, 2026, before the SIR exercise began. During the enumeration phase, forms were received from 3,13,87,034 electors, representing 93.97 per cent of the electorate. The remaining 20,12,557 electors, whose enumeration forms were not received, were excluded from the Draft Electoral Roll published on July 5.

The CEO’s office said non-receipt of enumeration forms could be attributed to several reasons, including electors being absent from their addresses, shifting elsewhere, deaths, duplicate entries and other reasons. The draft roll consequently contained 3,13,87,034 electors.

Following publication of the draft roll, the election authorities conducted a verification exercise and invited claims and objections. During this process, 58,36,392 notices were issued, including to unmapped electors and those whose entries showed logical discrepancies.

A total of 2,55,996 claims and objections were received and processed.

After disposal of the claims, objections and other applications, 2,90,497 electors were added to the draft roll, while 44,777 names were deleted. The additions resulted in a net increase of 2,45,720 electors, taking the final electorate to 3,16,32,754.

The electoral roll was also rationalised during the exercise, with the number of polling stations in Odisha now standing at 45,250. The final electoral roll for service voters has also been published, with the State recording 46,816 service electors, according to the CEO’s office.

The election authorities have advised voters to verify their names and other details in the final electoral roll to ensure that their entries are correctly reflected. The final roll is available for public inspection at polling stations and at the offices of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs).

Explaining the recourse available to those whose names have been deleted, Odisha Chief Electoral Officer R.S. Gopalan said such electors could reapply and appeal against the deletion.

“For those whose names have been deleted for some reason, they can re-apply if they wish to appeal. The first appeal lies with the District Collector, and the second appeal is with the CEO. However, we have not received any appeals so far. They can also apply again using Form 6, but we will verify their details before enrolling them,” Gopalan said.

The completion of the SIR exercise marks a major revision of Odisha’s electoral database, with the final roll reflecting the outcome of the enumeration, verification and claims-and-objections process.