Significant Voter Deletions in Dimapur District Ahead of 2026 Elections
Voter Roll Adjustments in Dimapur
A file image of people queuing up to vote (Representative Photo: PTI)
Dimapur, Oct 23: On Thursday, Tinojongshi Chang, the District Commissioner and Election Officer of Dimapur, announced that 36,629 voters were removed from the electoral rolls in three Assembly constituencies during the SIR exercise for 2026. This adjustment has reduced the total number of electors in the draft electoral roll to 89,074, down from 1,25,703 in 2025.
During a review meeting at the DC’s office, Chang detailed the deletions per constituency. Dimapur-I saw a reduction of 8,749 voters, leaving 16,776 in the draft roll compared to 25,525 in 2025. Dimapur-II had 60,920 voters last year, with 19,605 removed, resulting in 41,315 remaining. In Dimapur-III, the count dropped from 39,258 to 30,983 after 8,275 deletions.
The meeting also covered the status of notice generation and form processing related to the revision exercise. As of October 22, 53,806 notices were to be generated, with 53,797 completed. Out of these, 50,835 have been delivered, while 2,962 are still pending.
From July 26 to October 20, a total of 2,943 forms were submitted across the three constituencies, with 939 forms awaiting processing. The meeting included Electoral Roll Observer Sotsula, EROs, AEROs, and representatives from recognized political parties.
Sotsula raised questions regarding challenges encountered during field verification, such as issues related to deceased individuals, spelling mistakes, and other obstacles faced by election officials and party representatives.