Jaipur: An updated analysis by People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) of Rajasthan’s 2026 Panchayati Raj and urban local body electoral rolls, incorporating State Election Commission’s (SEC) second panchayat roll supplement published up to Oct 12, has found that 26.03 lakh of the 41.65 lakh voters deleted by Election Commission of India (ECI) at the draft stage of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were still listed on SEC rolls.PUCL’s district-wise assessment showed Baran with the highest share of ECI-deleted voters still appearing on SEC rolls at 83.1%, followed by Pali (81.8%), Jalore (81.5%), Bikaner (81.4%), Sirohi (80.5%) and Deedwana-Kuchaman (80.2%).The analysis also reported that 3.20 lakh people identified as dead by ECI continued to be on SEC rolls statewide. Banswara recorded the highest proportion at 70.7% (23,185 names), followed by Sirohi at 67.5% (13,165), Baran at 61.4% (11,000), Churu at 55.8% (15,050), Jalore at 54.4% (12,164), Ajmer at 51.1% (18,713) and Bikaner at 50.8% (14,192). PUCL claimed that in these seven districts, at least half of those marked dead by ECI continued to have active entries on SEC rolls.In the updated findings dated Nov 11, PUCL said 26,03,475 of the 41,65,363 people deleted by ECI at the draft stage remained on SEC rolls, including 13,66,844 on panchayat rolls and 12,36,631 on municipal rolls. PUCL said this was 69,343 fewer than the 26,72,818 names identified in its earlier analysis based on SEC’s Feb 25 panchayat rolls. It added that the count of people identified as dead by ECI but still present on SEC rolls fell by 31,987, from 3,52,382 to 3,20,395.PUCL said the Oct supplement to the panchayat electoral rolls led to the removal of 69,578 ECI-deleted names, including 32,027 recorded as dead. It also said SEC added a net 2.3 lakh names to its panchayat rolls, taking the total number of active names across its rolls to 5,47,86,896, which it said was 32,72,934 (6.4%) more than ECI’s final SIR roll of 5,15,13,962. PUCL said the gap in its previous analysis was 30,42,248 (5.9%).SEC Secretary Rajesh Verma said that state electoral roll numbers have increased over the past few months. “The reduction in the discrepancy between the two lists (ECI and SEC) likely happened during the update process,” Verma said.The organisation said SEC rolls still included 17,32,634 people (70.2%) whom ECI had deleted as shifted, 3,67,003 people (76%) classified as untraceable or absent, and 1,83,443 (53.6%) identified as already enrolled elsewhere.At the lower end of the district-wise list, Rajsamand has only 6.6% of ECI-deleted voters still on SEC rolls, with 91.9% not appearing on them at all. Jodhpur has 23.8% of such voters remaining, while 75.4% have been struck off. Jaipur, however, has the highest absolute number of ECI draft-stage deletions in the state at 5,31,375, of whom 43.7% continue to figure on SEC rolls.PUCL said its analysis was based on matching voter entries across 1,30,589 panchayat ward roll files, including additions and deletions in the second supplement, and 16,491 municipal roll files.PUCL national president Kavita Srivastava questioned why SEC did not use the SIR rolls completed in Feb 2026, alleging deliberate discrepancies between the two lists. She pointed to a difference of 3.2 lakh dead voters, alleged politically motivated retention of names and demanded a social audit of both electoral rolls.
