New Delhi: The draft electoral roll released as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Delhi has thrown up steep deletions across the capital’s 70 assembly constituencies, with five seats losing more than 40 percent of their registered 2025 electorate, according to a report by Newslaundry.
Of Delhi’s total 1,45,10,299 electors, 47,56,722 names — roughly one in every three voters — do not currently appear on the draft roll, the report found.
Seven seats, over a lakh names each
Seven constituencies recorded more than one lakh deletions apiece. Ranked by absolute numbers, these are Burari, Okhla, Badarpur, Vikaspuri, Matiala, Rithala and Karawal Nagar, Newslaundry reported.
Five seats, over 40% of the electorate wiped out
When measured against the proportion of the 2025 electorate rather than raw numbers, five constituencies stood out: Tughlakabad, Okhla, R.K. Puram, Jangpura and Badarpur. Three of these were won by the Aam Aadmi Party and two by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2025 Delhi assembly election, per the report.
Tughlakabad recorded the steepest deletion rate of all — of the 2,04,867 electors registered in 2025, 92,033 names, or close to half, are missing from the draft roll.
Newslaundry noted that these figures are not final. The list will only be finalised on November 4, after a claims-and-objections window that runs until September 30 and a notice period ending October 29.
Constituency-wise breakdown
According to the report:
Burari: Of 4,26,451 electors on the 2025 list, 1,67,885 names (39.4 percent) are missing — equivalent to 66.6 percent of the 2,52,189 votes cast in 2025. The seat has been an AAP stronghold since 2013, with Sanjeev Jha retaining it last year by a margin of 20,601 votes.
Okhla: Of 3,80,354 electors, about 43 percent, or 1,63,829 names, are absent from the draft — 78.4 percent of the 2,08,918 votes polled last year. AAP’s Amanatullah Khan has held the seat since 2015, winning by 23,639 votes in 2025 over BJP’s Manish Chaudhary.
Badarpur: 1,46,673 names, or 40.19 percent of 3,64,900 registered voters, are missing — 70.80 percent of the 2,07,180 votes cast in 2025. The seat has swung between BJP and AAP since 2013, with AAP winning in 2025.
Vikaspuri: More than 1.46 lakh electors are missing, amounting to nearly 53.7 percent of the 2,72,188 votes polled. BJP’s Pankaj Singh, Delhi’s Health and Transport Minister, won the seat in 2025 by defeating AAP’s Mahinder Yadav by 12,876 votes.
Rithala: 1,06,512 deletions represent 57.29 percent of the 1,85,929 votes cast in 2025, or 33.05 percent of the total electorate.
Karawal Nagar: Held by Delhi minister Kapil Mishra, the seat saw 1,00,167 deletions — 49.99 percent of the 2,00,375 votes cast, and 32.2 percent of its 3,11,465 electors.
R.K. Puram: 57,735 deletions against an electorate of 1,41,016 works out to 40.9 percent — or 76 percent of the 75,954 votes cast in 2025.
Jangpura: 60,326 exclusions amount to 40.7 percent of the electorate and 70.9 percent of the 85,070 votes cast in 2025. The deletions are more than 1.5 times the 38,859 votes that won BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah the seat, after he defeated AAP’s Manish Sisodia by just 675 votes. Newslaundry’s report notes the constituency has a mixed electorate, with Muslims at 16.3 percent, Scheduled Caste voters at 17.7 percent and Sikh voters at 11.2 percent.
Matiala: 1,05,645 electors are missing — more than three times the 28,723-vote margin by which BJP defeated AAP here in 2025. The draft roll lists 3,33,057 names in total, making it the constituency with the highest number of electors in Delhi.
What’s next
With the claims and objections process open until September 30 and a notice period running to October 29, the numbers reported are provisional. The final electoral roll for Delhi will be published on November 4, Newslaundry reported.
