2.76 lakh names left out of Akola draft electoral roll; final list on November 16

The names of 2,76,992 voters have been kept out of the electoral roll prepared in Akola district under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026. The exercise is now in its final phase, and the final electoral roll will be published on November 16.

The district's draft electoral roll was published on August 31. It includes a total of 13,18,652 voters across the five Assembly constituencies of Akot, Balapur, Akola (West), Akola (East) and Murtizapur. Of these, 6,83,405 are men, 6,35,215 are women and 32 are third-gender voters.

Voters who did not submit their enumeration forms to booth-level officers were not included in the draft roll. Their total number is 2,76,992. The largest share is of people who have permanently moved elsewhere, numbering 1,34,589.

The remaining figures are as follows: 51,026 voters were found to be unavailable or absent, 46,274 have died, 44,448 are registered elsewhere or are registered twice, and 682 voters fall in another category.

By Assembly constituency, the list of unavailable, shifted, dead and duplicate names has 41,449 names from Akot, 36,055 from Balapur, 94,939 from Akola (West), 75,288 from Akola (East) and 29,261 from Murtizapur. The total comes to 2,76,992.

In the course of the process, discrepancies and errors were found in the names of 1,49,002 voters in the district, and notices were sent to them. The period for filing claims and objections ran from August 31 to September 30. During this time, eligible voters filed their claims and objections with the concerned electoral registration officer or assistant registration officer.

The documents and evidence linked to these are now being scrutinised closely. The scrutiny will continue until November 10. The final electoral roll will be published on November 16.

Deputy Collector Mahesh Parandekar clarified that not a single objection has been filed by any political party during the entire process. Parandekar is a deputy collector in the district election department.