The Samajwadi Party has submitted booth-wise documents to Uttar Pradesh’s chief electoral officer alleging duplicate voter entries across 100 assembly constituencies, escalating its challenge to the integrity of the state’s electoral rolls after the completion of a Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
A party delegation in Lucknow handed over bundles of documents and a seven-page memorandum to the UP chief electoral officer. The memorandum, a copy of which was also marked to the Election Commission of India, identifies specific instances in which voter names allegedly appear more than once in electoral rolls.
According to the party, its review of electoral rolls found names listed twice, three times and, in some cases, as many as 10 times. The SP has urged the election authorities to examine the booth-wise entries and delete duplicate votes from the rolls.
The submission places the focus on the administrative process for identifying and removing duplicate entries, which can involve comparing voter names and other roll details across polling areas. The documents submitted by the SP are the basis for the allegations described in the report; the report does not establish that all the cited entries are invalid or that they were used for bogus voting.
Party president Akhilesh Yadav separately questioned what he described as a second or “quiet” SIR after the official completion of the first exercise. He alleged that the Election Commission had begun another revision and claimed that voter names were added after the earlier exercise ended. These claims were made by Yadav while leaving for New Delhi to participate in an opposition march against the Election Commission.
Yadav also alleged that the additional revision could be intended to shape the voter list in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The report does not provide an Election Commission response to that allegation or confirm the existence, scope or purpose of a separate SIR beyond the statements attributed to the SP leader.
The SP said its review covered 100 assembly seats and that its memorandum contained specific booth-level examples. Such entries can arise from different circumstances, including a voter being recorded at more than one location, but the material supplied in the report does not provide the individual names, booth numbers or explanations for the duplicate listings.
The submission now places the documents before the state electoral administration for examination. Any deletion from an electoral roll would require scrutiny by the competent election authorities under the applicable process. The next reported step is the consideration of the SP’s memorandum and supporting documents by the UP chief electoral officer and the Election Commission.
