Draft rolls reduced from 2,35,644 to 1,70,389 under 2 districts
Dimapur,Oct 22 (NPN): A combined 65,255 electors have been deleted or classified as “uncollectible” during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Dimapur and Chümoukedima districts, according to figures presented at review meetings held at the offices of the respective Deputy Commissioners.
According to DIPR, Dimapur district accounted for 36,629 of the deletions, while Chümoukedima recorded 28,626 forms classified as uncollectible. Together, the two districts had 2,35,644 electors before the SIR. The draft rolls published after the revision contained 1,70,389 electors, representing a combined reduction of 65,255.
A review meeting on the SIR 2026 for Dimapur district was held in the chamber of Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Dr Tinojongshi Chang on October 22.
The meeting was attended by Commissioner and Secretary, DUDA, and Electoral Roll Observer for Dimapur, Sotsula, IAS, along with Electoral Registration Officers, Assistant Electoral Registration Officers and representatives of recognised political parties.
Dr Chang presented the district’s draft-roll summary and urged political parties to continue cooperating with election officials. Sotsula sought details of problems encountered during field verification, including deaths, spelling errors and cases in which individuals refused to accept forms. She stressed the need to maintain accurate and transparent records and said evidence should be preserved in such cases. She also noted that October 1, 2026, was the qualifying date for enrolment of citizens who had attained 18 years of age by that date, subject to applicable requirements.
Dimapur had 1,25,703 electors in 2025. After the SIR, the draft roll stood at 89,074. Dimapur-I recorded 8,749 deletions, reducing its electorate from 25,525 to 16,776. Dimapur-II saw the largest reduction, with 19,605 deletions, bringing its numbers down from 60,920 to 41,315.
In Dimapur-III, 8,275 electors were deleted, reducing the total from 39,258 to 30,983.
As of October 22, officials had generated 53,797 of the 53,806 notices required in Dimapur. Of these, 50,835 had been delivered, while 2,962 remained pending.
A total of 2,943 forms had been received between July 26 and October 20, with 939 pending disposal across the three constituencies.
Earlier, on October 21, in Chümoukedima, Electoral Roll Observer and Commissioner & Secretary Sotsula reviewed the SIR during a meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Room, convened during her visit to the district on October 21. DC Chümoukedima Polan John, NCS, reviewed the enumeration process, claims and objections, and the district’s electoral statistics in the presence of officials and representatives of recognised political parties from Chümoukedima and Niuland districts.
The district had 1,09,941 electors before the SIR across 4-Ghaspani-I and 5-Ghaspani-II. Officials received and digitised 81,315 Enumeration Forms, while 28,626 were classified as uncollectible because of deaths, untraceable electors, shifting, duplication or other reasons. The draft roll published on September 20 contained 81,315 electors- 39,640 males and 41,675 females.
During the claims and objections period from September 20 to October 20, officials received 1,660 forms, including 1,293 Form 6 applications, 105 Form 7 applications and 262 Form 8 applications. Following subsequent updates, the district’s current electoral strength was reported at 82,334, comprising 40,107 males and 42,227 females. This latest figure is 1,019 higher than the draft-roll total and represents a net reduction of 27,607 from the pre-SIR electorate.
The meeting also highlighted operational difficulties, including poor network connectivity in shadow areas and technical problems affecting data uploads. Officials further reported that the mobile application and portal were not user-friendly, slowing data entry.