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News India Live, Digital Desk: The final voter list released by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Office on Friday has changed the geographical equations of the state’s politics. After Special Intensive Revision (SIR) where the total number of voters in the state 13.39 crores However, huge disparity has been seen in the figures at the regional level. This retrenchment on the basis of ‘Logical Discrepancy’ and ‘ASD’ (Absent, Shifted, Dead) standards has drawn a big line between urban and rural areas.
1. Western Uttar Pradesh: Urbanization and migration have spoiled the mathematics.
Western UP is the region where maximum names have been cut.
Big decline in urban centres: In districts like Ghaziabad, Noida and Meerut, on average 18% to 22% Names have been removed. In Ghaziabad this figure has reached 20.84%.
Reason: According to election officials, due to its proximity to Delhi-NCR, the number of ‘shifted’ (migrating) voters was the highest here. The names of many voters who had settled in other states years ago have now been completely removed.
2. Purvanchal: Eastern Uttar Pradesh becomes the stronghold of new voters
The pattern of voter list in Purvanchal has been opposite to that of Western UP. Here the number of ‘new registrations’ has been recorded more than the reduction of names.
Major districts: Districts like Prayagraj, Jaunpur and Varanasi have seen stability in voter numbers. Prayagraj is among the top 5 districts where maximum number of new names (out of 84 lakh) have been added.
Young Voters: In Purvanchal, the number of first-time voters in the age group of 18-19 years has been found to be the highest in the state.
3. Bundelkhand: Scissors used in the names of the dead and migrants
In the seven districts of Bundelkhand (Jhansi, Lalitpur, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda and Chitrakoot), the main basis of ‘cleansing’ of the voter list was ‘dead’ and ‘duplicate’ voters.
Data Refinement: While matching the old records and the voter list of 2003 in Bundelkhand, a large number of names were found who no longer reside there. The percentage of layoffs here is approximately 12% to 14% Has been between.
Regional Comparison Table
| Region | Change in voter count (estimated) | main reason |
|---|---|---|
| western up | decline up to 20% | Migration, Urban Migration, Duplicate ID |
| Purvanchal | Net growth of 5% – 8% | New young voters, less urban displacement |
| Bundelkhand | 12% – 15% decline | dead voters, permanent stay |
| Awadh region | 10% – 12% decline | Big urban layoffs in Lucknow-Kanpur |
Urban vs. Rural: Here’s the Real Difference
It is clear from the analysis that while in rural UP the purification of voter list was mainly limited to ‘dead’ voters, in Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Ghaziabad For example, in metropolitan cities the list has become smaller due to ‘shifted’ and ‘unmapped’ voters. Opposition parties have raised questions on this reduction, while the Election Commission claims that this is the ‘purest’ voter list ever.