After SIR, Dimapur down to 89,074 electors, Chümu at 82,334

Chümoukedima, October 22 (MExN): Review meetings on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls 2026 were held in Chümoukedima and Dimapur districts on October 21 and 22, respectively, with Electoral Roll Observer Sotsula, IAS, Commissioner and Secretary, DUDA, reviewing the progress of the exercise and stressing the need for accuracy, transparency and timely completion.In Chümoukedima, the meeting was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Room on October 21 during the visit of Sotsula. Deputy Commissioner Polan John, NCS, reviewed the progress of the revision, covering the enumeration process, claims and objections, and updated electoral statistics for the district.The district had 1,09,941 electors before the SIR across the 4-Ghaspani-I and 5-Ghaspani-II Assembly Constituencies. During the enumeration phase, 81,315 Enumeration Forms were received and digitised, accounting for approximately 73.96 per cent of the total electorate. The remaining 28,626 forms were classified as uncollectable due to reasons including death, untraceable electors, shifting, other reasons and cases of electors already enrolled.Electoral Roll Observer, Sotsula, IAS Commissioner & Secretary, DUDA, along with DC, Chümoukedima, Polan John, NCS and others at a meeting on SIR of electoral rolls at DC’s Conference Room, Chümoukedima on October 21. (DIPR Photo) The draft electoral roll published on September 20, 2026, recorded 81,315 electors, comprising 39,640 males and 41,675 females. During the claims and objections period from September 20 to October 20, a total of 1,660 forms were received, including 1,293 Form-6 applications, 105 Form-7 applications and 262 Form-8 applications.John highlighted the increase in the number of young voters aged 18-19 years as a notable achievement. Their number rose from 407 in the draft 2026 electoral roll to 646 in the latest update, marking an increase of 58.73 per cent.The district’s current electoral strength stood at 82,334 electors, comprising 40,107 males and 42,227 females, the meeting was informed.Addressing the gathering, Sotsula stressed that the accuracy of SIR data must remain the primary concern. She called on officials to ensure that field-level data were concrete and verifiable and sought active cooperation among election officials, field functionaries and political parties.In Dimapur, a review meeting was held in the chamber of the Deputy Commissioner on October 22. It was attended by Sotsula, who is also the Electoral Roll Observer for Dimapur district.Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Dr Tinojongshi Chang initiated the meeting and welcomed the participants. He thanked representatives of recognised political parties for their cooperation and support in the ongoing SIR exercise and urged them to continue working with election officials to ensure the smooth completion of the revision process.During the meeting, Chang presented the summary report on the draft publication under SIR 2026 for Dimapur district. According to the report, the district had 1,25,703 electors in 2025. During the SIR exercise in 2026, a total of 36,629 electors were deleted, bringing the number of electors in the draft roll to 89,074.Assembly Constituency-wise, Dimapur-I had 25,525 electors in 2025, with 8,749 deletions, leaving 16,776 electors in the draft roll. Dimapur-II had 60,920 electors, of whom 19,605 were deleted, leaving 41,315 electors. Dimapur-III recorded 39,258 electors, with 8,275 deletions, leaving 30,983 electors in the draft roll.As of October 22, a total of 53,806 notices were required to be generated, of which 53,797 had been generated. Of these, 50,835 notices had been delivered, while 2,962 were pending delivery.The Assembly Constituency-wise summary showed that 2,943 forms had been received between July 26 and October 20, 2026, with 939 forms pending disposal across the three constituencies.