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Kerala SIR: KPCC delegation meets Kerala CEO, says SIR a “harrowing and vexing” experience for voters

Published - January 17, 2026 05:03 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan said that apart from 24.08 lakh people listed in the ASD list and excluded from the draft roll, and 19.32 lakh people listed as non-mapped, 18 lakh voters are included in the ‘logical discrepancy’ list. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has asked the Election Commission of India (EC) to avoid summoning voters for personal hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in cases listed as ‘logical discrepancies’ (inconsistencies in entries) and in non-mapping cases where voters are able to produce documents. A KPCC delegation consisting of MLAs Mathew Kuzhalnadan, P. C.

Kerala SIR: KPCC delegation meets Kerala CEO, says SIR a “harrowing and vexing” experience for voters

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Key Highlights

  • Vishnunadh and M.
  • Vincent which met Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U.
  • Kelkar here on Saturday said that the SIR has snowballed into a harrowing and vexing experience for voters.
  • “The manner in which the Absent/Shifted/Dead (ASD) list, non-mapping list, and logical discrepancy list are being generated and acted upon has placed a significant number of genuine voters at risk of exclusion from the electoral rolls,” it said in a representation to the EC.
  • The Congress has also demanded that new enrolments under SIR be allowed till February 14, and that facilities for enrolment and corrections should be extended through panchayat and village offices to help voters.
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  1. Kerala SIR: KPCC delegation meets Kerala CEO, says SIR a “harrowing and vexing” experience for voters

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