Now less than six months are left for the assembly elections in Assam. Earlier, on Saturday (December 27, 2025), the Election Commission has released the draft voter list of the state after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list. Out of which names of 10.56 lakh voters have been deleted.
According to the integrated draft roll released by the Election Commission on Saturday (December 27), the total number of voters in Assam is 2 crore 51 lakh 9 thousand 754. This does not include 93,021 D-voters or doubtful voters. Apart from this, names of 10,56,291 voters have been removed from the voter list due to death, different address or multiple entries.
What is D-Voter or Doubtful Voter?
Actually, D-Voter or Doubtful Voter is a category of voters in Assam who have been deprived of the right to vote by the government due to alleged lack of documents related to citizenship. D-voters are identified by the Special Tribunal constituted under the Foreigners Act, 1946. In such a situation, a person who is declared a D-Voter in Assam is not issued a Voter ID by the Election Commission.
Run from 22 November to 20 December Sir Draft list released after
The Election Commission has released the draft voter list in Assam after door-to-door verification conducted from November 22, 2025 to December 20. Now voters of the state will be able to register their claims and objections till January 22, 2026, while the final voter list will be published on February 10, 2026.
Election Commission in Assam Sir Data released by
According to the Election Commission data, names of a total of 10.56 lakh voters were removed from the voter list of Assam, out of which,
- 4,78,992 names due to death
- 5,23,680 voters found shifted from address
- 53,619 names were found to be similar to more than one entry, which were marked for improvement.
This verification process covered 61,03,103 houses across the state. 35 District Electoral Officers (DEOs), 126 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 1,260 AEROs, 29,656 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and 2,578 BLO Supervisors were involved in the process, while political parties had deployed 61,533 Booth Level Agents (BLAs) to assist and monitor the process.
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