UP gender ratio dropped from 877 to 824, names of 1.54 crore female voters deleted in SIR first phase: CEO | Lucknow News

Officials said that there was potential for improving the gender ratio in the electoral rolls because the sex ratio in the state was 912 females per 1,000 males as per the 2011 Census.

Rinwa said that earlier, there was large-scale duplication of names of women electors because of registration both at parental and in-laws addresses. Those names were deleted from the addresses from where they did not submit the enumeration form.

Officials said that in July 2025, there were 71.18 lakh women electors of 25 years and above, who had shown their father’s name in their details. Number of such women electors has come down to 29.04 lakh in the draft electoral roll.

Urban polling booths in the state recorded 28 per cent deletion of names as compared to rural booths which recorded 15.23 per cent deletion. Before the exercise began, there were 4.16 crore electors in urban polling booths which came down to 2.99 crore, after deletion of 1.17 crore names. In rural booths, electors’ number dropped from 11.28 crore to 9.56 crore.

Also, 2.22 crore electors have been detected with “logical discrepancies” in the details they filed in their enumeration forms. These electors will be issued notices, the officials said, adding that they are not among the 1.04 crore “unmapped” voters whose details could not be confirmed with the 2003 base rolls.

In total, 3.26 crore electors will be issued notices and hearings will be held at 3793 places from January 21, for which the CEO has deputed 9154 officers.

The “logical discrepancies” include instances of unusual age gaps wherein a voter’s age is 15 years or less, or is 50 years or more than their parent, or those whose age difference with their grandparent is 40 years or less. An official said the enumeration forms sought details of voters as per the last intensive electoral roll of 2003. If a voter’s name was not found, they were asked to provide the names of their parents or grandparents, a process referred to as “mapping”.

However, during the scrutiny of enumeration forms, it was found that many 2025 voters who don’t appear in the 2003 rolls have linked themselves to 2003 voters as their parents, but these links contradict the parental names listed in their 2025 records.