The first phase of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has been completed across Punjab and during the 40-day house-to-house enumeration drive, election officials verified voter details and collected enumeration forms from registered electors across all 23 districts and 117 Assembly constituencies.
According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, 20,66,635 voters, nearly 9.63 per cent of the state's total electorate, have been marked as uncollectable after being categorised as absent, permanently shifted, dead or already enrolled elsewhere and these voters will not be part of the draft electoral rolls unless the required process is completed.
Punjab had a total of 2,14,61,043 registered voters as of June 9, 2026 and out of these, enumeration forms of 1,93,94,408 voters were collected and digitised, giving the state an overall collection rate of 90.37 per cent.
Chief Electoral Officer Anindita Mitra said the house-to-house verification exercise has now been completed successfully, she added that around 93.40 per cent of the electors included in the draft electoral roll have been mapped with the electoral rolls prepared during the previous Special Intensive Revision conducted in 2003.
Apart from the voters marked as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate, nearly 12 lakh voters could not be mapped with the 2003 electoral rolls, these electors will be issued notices from August 13 and will have to submit the required documents to retain or register their names in the electoral roll.
The period for filing claims and objections will remain open from August 13 to September 12, 2026. The Election Department will dispose of these claims and objections between August 13 and October 8, while the final electoral rolls will be published on October 12.
The district-wise data shows significant differences in the percentage of forms collected during the verification drive.
Mansa recorded the best performance in Punjab, with 96.31 per cent of voter forms collected and digitised, out of 5,94,369 registered electors, forms of 5,72,426 voters were collected, while only 21,943 voters, or 3.69 per cent, were marked as uncollectable.
Malerkotla ranked second with a collection rate of 94.23 per cent, followed by Sangrur at 94.17 per cent, Pathankot at 94.12 per cent and Sri Muktsar Sahib at 94.04 per cent.
Bathinda recorded a collection rate of 93.82 per cent, followed by Moga at 93.57 per cent, Barnala at 93.36 per cent, Rupnagar at 93.23 per cent and Fazilka at 93.06 per cent.
Among the districts with collection rates above 92 per cent were Fatehgarh Sahib, SBS Nagar, Ferozepur and Hoshiarpur.
The data shows that some of Punjab's largest districts reported comparatively lower collection percentages.
Jalandhar recorded a collection rate of 88.79 per cent and out of 16,49,946 registered electors, forms of 14,64,949 voters were collected, while 1,84,997 voters, or 11.21 per cent, were categorised as uncollectable.
Amritsar recorded a collection rate of 87.70 per cent. Of its 19,73,071 registered voters, forms of 17,30,320 electors were collected. A total of 2,42,751 voters, or 12.30 per cent, were marked under the uncollectable category.
Kapurthala recorded 87.21 per cent collection, with 78,678 voters listed as uncollectable, while Ludhiana, which has the highest number of registered voters in the state at 26,83,999, reported a collection rate of only 84.50 per cent. Forms of 22,67,911 electors were collected, while 4,16,088 voters, or 15.50 per cent, fell into the uncollectable category.
SAS Nagar (Mohali) recorded the lowest collection rate in Punjab at 82.01 per cent and out of 8,54,423 registered voters, forms of only 7,00,709 electors were collected, a total of 1,53,714 voters, or 17.99 per cent, were classified as uncollectable, the highest percentage among all districts.
The Election Department divided the 20.66 lakh uncollectable voters into four categories.
A total of 5,74,568 voters (2.68 per cent) were marked as deceased.
4,12,715 voters (1.92 per cent) were categorised as absent or untraceable.
9,44,131 voters (4.40 per cent) were found to have permanently shifted from their recorded addresses.
Another 1,19,145 voters (0.56 per cent) were already enrolled elsewhere and were identified as duplicate entries.
Along with voter verification, the Election Department also completed the rationalisation of polling stations and the total number of polling booths in Punjab has increased from 24,453 to 25,332, with the aim of improving voter convenience and balancing the number of electors at each polling station.
Among the districts, Ludhiana now has 3,031 polling stations after rationalisation, Amritsar has 2,240, Jalandhar has 1,997, Patiala has 1,861 and SAS Nagar has 936 polling stations. The Election Department also carried out physical verification of polling booths and checked the availability of Assured Minimum Facilities during the revision exercise.
Chief Electoral Officer Anindita Mitra appealed to all voters to check the draft electoral rolls when they are published on August 13 and she said any eligible voter whose name has been left out can submit Form 6 online or offline during the claims and objections period to ensure inclusion in the final electoral roll.