The Chief Electoral Officer of Sikkim, Raj Yadav, handed over the draft electoral roll to representatives of recognized political parties on Sunday. The draft roll was prepared under the Special Intensive Revision 2026, which commenced on June 20 and was completed on June 28. The data has also been uploaded to the CEO website for public access and verification. Approximately 37,000 voters have been deleted, while around 43,000 new voters have been added to the electoral roll.
Citizens can verify both the Deletion List and the Absentee, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) list through a generated QR code. The state currently has 4,71,018 electors, with 4,69,679 enumeration forms distributed and 4,33,294 forms digitized and verified. District-wise figures show Gangtok has the highest electorate with 1,22,240 voters, followed by Namchi (1,10,651), Pakyong (83,111), Soreng (62,276), Gyalshing (60,435) and Mangan (32,305). The CEO has also added 53 new polling stations, bringing the number of electors to below 1,200 per polling station.
Multiple AEROs and EROs have been appointed to ensure smooth hearings and proper document verification. Three Roll Observers have been assigned, each looking after two districts. Directions were issued to Booth Level Officers to hold meetings with Booth Level Agents and upload the minutes online. The exact number of additions and deletions at every polling station has to be discussed, and physical deletion lists will also be displayed in Panchayat Ghars. Around 38,000 notices will be issued to people whose names are missing from the 2002 electoral roll, while more than 50,000 notices will go to people whose records contain anomalies.
Altogether, nearly 88,000 to 90,000 notices are expected to be issued. Recipients must respond within the prescribed period. If a citizen receives a notice, it is their responsibility to appear before the ERO or AERO and submit valid documents. Failure to do so during the notification period will result in the permanent deletion of their name from the electoral roll.
The CEO has also clarified that 12 prescribed documents have been notified for verification under the Special Intensive Revision. **Reassuring voters whose names may be missing from the draft roll, Yadav said,
