A major discrepancy has emerged in Rajasthan’s electoral records after a civil rights activist claimed that nearly 30 lakh voters included in the State Election Commission’s (SEC) voter lists for local body elections are missing from the Election Commission of India’s final electoral roll prepared after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). According to the activist, the difference has raised serious questions about the accuracy and consistency of voter records ahead of elections. The final SIR roll, published in February 2026, reduced the state’s electorate from 5.47 crore to 5.15 crore after over 44 lakh names were deleted and nearly 13 lakh new voters were added.

The Rajasthan State Election Commission has defended the discrepancy, explaining that its electoral rolls were prepared using the Election Commission’s pre-SIR voter list because preparations for urban local body and panchayat elections had begun much earlier. SEC officials stated that using the older electoral database was in line with established procedures followed for local elections. Meanwhile, the Chief Electoral Officer said no objections had been raised regarding the final SIR electoral roll, maintaining that the revision process was completed according to Election Commission guidelines.

Civil rights activist and Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan founder Nikhil Dey questioned why the SEC continued using an older voter list instead of adopting the updated final SIR roll. He argued that electoral rolls are regularly revised and claimed that over 26 lakh names removed during the SIR exercise still appear in the SEC’s electoral records. Dey also questioned how booth-level officers could classify voters as deceased in one official list while their names remained active in another, calling for greater transparency and a clear explanation from the authorities regarding the differing voter databases.