Names of more than 10 lakh voters were identified to be deleted in Assam after a house-to-house verification process as part of the special revision of electoral rolls, the Election Commission stated on Saturday.

Of the total, nearly 4.79 lakh names were to be deleted due to deaths and over 5.23 lakh voters were identified to have shifted from their registered locations.

Assam is set to go to the polls next year.

The Election Commission is not conducting a special intensive revision exercise in Assam, unlike in 12 other states and Union Territories. Instead, on November 17, it had directed the state chief electoral officer to conduct a “special revision” of the electoral rolls, saying that January 1, 2026, would be the qualifying date for Assam to carry out the exercise.

This had come less than a month after Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, on October 27, announced a special intensive revision exercise of the electoral rolls in West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Goa, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

At the time, Kumar had said that another order would be issued later for Assam as the Citizenship Act had separate provisions for the state.

Assembly polls are also expected to take place in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala...

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