Dimapur: As many as 36,629 electors were deleted from the draft rolls of three assembly constituencies in Dimapur district during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, reducing the number of electors in the draft roll to 89,074 from 1,25,703 in 2025, deputy commissioner and district election officer Tinojongshi Chang said on Thursday.Presenting the summary report of the draft roll at a review meeting on the SIR at the deputy commissioner’s office, Chang said Dimapur-I constituency recorded 8,749 deletions, bringing the number of electors down to 16,776 from 25,525 in 2025. Dimapur-II seat had 60,920 electors in 2025, of which 19,605 were deleted, leaving 41,315 electors. Dimapur-III constituency recorded 39,258 electors in 2025, but with the deletion of 8,275 names, 30,983 electors were left in the draft roll.The progress of notice generation and delivery, as well as the receipt and disposal of forms under the revision exercise, was also shared at the meeting.As of Oct 22, 53,806 notices were required to be generated, of which 53,797 had been generated. Of these, 50,835 notices have been delivered, while 2,962 were pending delivery.The assembly constituency-wise form summary showed that 2,943 forms were received between July 26 and Oct 20, with 939 forms pending disposal across the three constituencies.The meeting was attended by Dimapur district electoral roll observer Sotsula, electoral registration officers (EROs), assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) and representatives of recognised political parties.Sotsula sought details of issues that might have arisen during field verification, including cases involving deaths, spelling errors and other difficulties faced by election officials or political party representatives.She stressed the need to maintain accurate, transparent and updated electoral records. She also emphasised that proper evidence should be maintained in cases where individuals refused to accept forms and urged officials and party representatives to bring any difficulties or concerns to her notice, so that the issues could be addressed appropriately.
