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4.3mn SIR cuts likely in Rajasthan, urban hubs Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota may be most hit

The controversial SIR was conducted in 199 of the 200 assembly constituencies in the state, with the exception of Anta where a byelection was held.

Published on: Dec 16, 2025, 05:04:15 IST
By Abhishek Jha, Senjuti Sengupta
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Around 4.3 million names might be excised by the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Rajasthan with the highest deletions likely in the urban hubs of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, data shared by the election commission showed on Monday.

PREMIUMBooth Level Officers and their teams check and collect enumeration forms as voters fill them out and queue to submit them during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Prayagraj. (ANI)
Booth Level Officers and their teams check and collect enumeration forms as voters fill them out and queue to submit them during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Prayagraj. (ANI)

The controversial SIR was conducted in 199 of the 200 assembly constituencies in the state, with the exception of Anta where a byelection was held. The draft electoral roll for the state will be published on Tuesday and the final

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Abhishek Jha

Abhishek Jha is Assistant Editor-Data at Hindustan Times. He uses statistical programming to generate newsworthy insights from large datasets. He is part of the team that produces Number Theory, a daily data story feature of the paper’s print edition. Since March 2024, he has been writing Weather Bee, a weekly column for the Hindustan Times website. He is a chemical engineer by training, who specialises in stories related to weather, climate, and the environment. Jha has been at HT since 2018, where he offers data-driven perspective and analysis on politics, environment, weather, climate, economy and society. His work includes data coverage of elections in India and abroad, including the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections; the disasters and extreme weather resulting from changing climate, such as floods, droughts, heat waves, cold waves, and dwindling snow cap in the Himalayas; the factors that drive poor air quality in northern India; the changing patterns of land use; the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on labour market conditions; the changing pattern of consumer spending seen in the new consumer spending surveys; and social norms seen in the surveys such as the National Family Health Survey.

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