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UP voter list 2026: how to check your name after the SIR, and what to do if it is missing
Uttar Pradesh's final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision has 13.39 crore voters, about two crore fewer than before. How to find your name, how to get on the roll before the 2027 election, and what the numbers show district by district.
The short answer
Uttar Pradesh published its final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision on April 10, 2026, with 13,39,84,792 voters, down from about 15.44 crore before the exercise began in October 2025; a net fall of about 2.04 crore. You can check your name on the Election Commission's portal, voters.eci.gov.in, by EPIC number or by name, date of birth and district. If your name is missing, apply on Form 6 to be added; enrolment stays open until close to the election. Lucknow, Prayagraj, Kanpur Nagar, Agra and Ghaziabad saw the most deletions.
Uttar Pradesh has a new electoral roll, and it is very different from the old one. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a house-to-house check of every voter in the state, ran for 166 days from October 27, 2025, to April 10, 2026. When the final roll was published, it listed 13,39,84,792 voters. Before the exercise began, the roll had about 15.44 crore names. With the state due to vote for a new assembly in early 2027, every voter should check that their name is on it.
How many names were removed, and how many added?
The roll shrank by about 2.04 crore overall, even after 84 lakh names were added back after the draft. The draft roll published on January 6, 2026, had 12,55,56,025 voters. Over the next three months, officials sent notices from January 14, held hearings from January 31 to March 27, and took applications from people who had been left out. By the final roll, the electorate had grown by 84,28,767, split almost equally between men and women.
The final roll has 7,30,71,071 men, 6,09,09,525 women and 4,206 third-gender voters. The number of women per 1,000 men on the roll rose from 824 in the draft to 834. First-time voters aged 18 and 19 rose from 3,33,981 to 17,63,360.
How do I check if my name is on the list?
Online, in two minutes, on the Election Commission’s portal.
- Go to voters.eci.gov.in, the Commission’s voters’ service portal.
- Choose “Search in Electoral Roll”.
- Search by your EPIC number (the number on your voter ID card), or by your name, date of birth, state and district.
- If you are listed, the result shows your assembly constituency, part number and serial number, which you will need on polling day.
You can also search through the Commission’s Voter Helpline app, or call the voter helpline on 1950. Your booth-level officer (BLO), who visits homes in your area, can check the printed roll for you.
Which form do I need?
- Form 6New voter, or your name is missing from the roll
- Form 7Objection to a name, such as a dead or shifted voter
- Form 8Correct your details or move to a new address
My name is missing. What do I do?
Apply to be added on Form 6, online or through your BLO. Enrolment stays open, so a voter who was removed during the revision, or who has turned 18, can still get on the roll for 2027. Every application is verified in the field before a name is added. Keep proof of age and address ready.
The formal appeal window against decisions taken during the revision has passed: a first appeal had to be filed with the district magistrate within 15 days of the final roll, and a second appeal with the Chief Electoral Officer within 30 days after that. A fresh Form 6 is now the way back onto the roll.
In early November, the Election Commission told Uttar Pradesh officials to re-examine rejected Form 6 applications so that eligible people are not left out, to run enrolment drives in Classes 11 and 12 and in colleges, and to recheck all new entries made since the revision ended.
Which districts lost the most names?
Mostly big cities. Lucknow recorded the largest number of deletions, 9,14,185, followed by Prayagraj, Kanpur Nagar, Agra and Ghaziabad. Many of the same districts also saw large additions after the draft: Prayagraj added 3,29,421 names and Lucknow 2,85,961 between January and April, and the Sahibabad seat in Ghaziabad added the most of any constituency, 82,898.
Why were so many names removed?
Because the revision checked every entry against what was found on the ground. Officials flagged about 1.04 crore electors as “non-mapped”, meaning they could not be linked to earlier records, and 2.22 crore cases with logical discrepancies, such as mismatched details. In such a revision, entries of voters found to have died, moved away permanently or been enrolled twice are removed. The state’s Chief Electoral Officer, Navdeep Rinwa, said no name was deleted without due process.
No voter’s name was deleted without due process.
Why is the roll a political issue?
Because the opposition says the revision went wrong. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP of trying to game the rolls, and the SP sent 85 of the 107 memoranda parties submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer during the exercise; the BJP sent 10 and the Congress 9. The CEO said every complaint was addressed. Parties also deployed booth-level agents in large numbers: 1,61,581 for the BJP, 1,57,631 for the SP and 1,54,224 for the BSP.
The new UP roll
- 13,39,84,792voters on the final roll
- 834women per 1,000 men, up from 824
- 17.6 lakhvoters aged 18 or 19
- 1,77,516booth-level officers who ran the revision
When will the roll be frozen for the 2027 election?
Close to polling day. Under the law, names can be added up to the last date for nominations in each constituency, but it is safest to apply well before the schedule comes out, which is expected after mid-December 2026. Voter information slips will be handed out five days before polling, and booth-level officers must record each one they deliver.
The documents
- EC reviews poll preparations in 18 districts of Uttar Pradesh ahead of 2027 Assembly electionsAll India Radio News, November 3, 2026
- Voters' Service PortalElection Commission of India, November 10, 2026