During the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, nearly 20 lakh (2 million) voters were found ineligible out of a total 96 lakh voters across the four districts of Bareilly division—Bareilly, Badaun, Pilibhit, and Shahjahanpur.

🔴 Worst-Affected Assembly Constituencies

• Bareilly Cantt Assembly Constituency

  • Total voters: 3.83 lakh

  • Ineligible voters: 1.38 lakh (about 36%)

• Bareilly City: 35.89% ineligible voters

• Shahjahanpur Nagar: 33.84% ineligible voters

The number of ineligible voters in these constituencies is large enough to decide the outcome of an assembly election.

📊 District-wise Ineligible Voters

⚠️ Major Reasons for Ineligibility

• Names of deceased voters still on the rolls

• Voters shifted to other locations for work or residence

• Tenants preferring to register at their native places

• People owning multiple houses and voting from villages

• Development of new colonies after 2003

• Employee transfers to other cities

🏘️ Highly Affected Areas

More than 52 polling booths in Bareilly recorded a high number of deceased, shifted, or absent voters, especially in:

• CB Ganj

• Maheshpur

• Pir Bahora

• Kurmanchal Nagar

• Defence Colony

• Railway and Labour Colonies

Closure of factories in CB Ganj industrial area and employee transfers from railway and institutional colonies contributed significantly.

🧾 Administrative Response

• Divisional Commissioner Bhupendra S. Chaudhary expressed shock at the figures

• Ordered senior-level investigations in the worst-affected constituencies

• Directed re-verification across other areas

• Emphasized that no errors will be tolerated in electoral rolls

🏛️ Political Parties & BLA Appointments

• BSP: 3,494 Booth Level Agents (highest)

• BJP: 3,489

• SP: 2,678

• Congress: 2,101

• Other parties: none

⚠️ Despite this, many BLAs did not attend the scheduled SIR meetings, delaying voter verification efforts.