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Kerala Final Electoral Roll Published Shows 2.69 Crore Voters, Cuts Over 1.5 Million Names

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Final Roll Lists 2.69 Crore Eligible Voters The Election Commission of India released Kerala’s final electoral roll containing 2,69,53,644 registered voters [1]. Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar announced the roll will be officially published on 21 February 2026, following the ECI timetable [1]. The list incorporates overseas electors, service voters, young adults, senior citizens, and persons with disabilities [1].

Roll Reduces Voter Count Compared With Prior Lists The final roll is 16.54 lakh smaller than the State Election Commission’s December 2025 local‑body list of 2,86,07,658 voters [1]. It also trims 8.97 lakh names relative to the October 2025 special‑summary revision that recorded 2,78,50,855 voters [1]. These reductions represent a net exclusion of over 1.5 million individuals from the current electoral register.

Demographic Breakdown Highlights Women Majority and Minor Transgender Segment Women constitute 1,38,27,319 of the electorate, outnumbering men who number 1,31,26,048, while 277 transgender voters are recorded [1]. The roll includes 2,23,558 overseas electors and 54,110 service voters [1]. New voters aged 18‑19 total 4,24,518, senior voters aged 85 plus number 2,04,608, and 2,43,698 persons with disabilities are listed [1].

Political Reaction Centers on Alleged Exclusions Communist Party of India (Marxist) representative M.V. Jayarajan claimed the figures reveal that eligible voters were omitted from the ECI list [1]. The party’s grievance focuses on the substantial drop in voter numbers compared with earlier state‑compiled lists [1]. No official response from the Election Commission has been reported in the article.

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Timeline

Dec 11, 2025 – The Election Commission of India revises Kerala’s Special Intensive Revision schedule, extending the house‑to‑house enumeration deadline to Dec 18 2025 and setting the draft electoral roll publication for Dec 23 2025, aligning Kerala with the revised timelines for other states [4].

Dec 18, 2025 – Kerala completes its house‑to‑house enumeration for the SIR, finalising fieldwork that will feed into the draft roll released five days later [3].

Dec 23, 2025 – The ECI publishes Kerala’s SIR draft electoral rolls, making them downloadable and searchable; voters have until Jan 22 2026 to file objections, and the draft reflects the culmination of the pre‑election revision cycle for the upcoming Assembly polls [3].

Oct 2025 – A special summary revision of Kerala’s electoral roll records 2,78,50,855 eligible voters, a figure later used as a benchmark for comparing the final roll [1].

Dec 2025 – The State Election Commission’s list for the December 2025 local‑body elections lists 2,86,07,658 voters, providing the most recent local‑level baseline before the final roll is compiled [1].

Jan 4, 2026 – The draft SIR roll released on Dec 23 shows 24.08 lakh electors excluded and 19.32 lakh “No mapping” cases, sparking party accusations of misclassification and citizenship concerns; the Chief Electoral Officer announces that all eligible voters can re‑enrol via Form 6 or Form 6A and that the final roll will be published on Feb 21 2026 after 17.71 lakh notices are served [2].

Feb 20, 2026 – Kerala’s final electoral roll lists 2,69,53,644 voters (1,38,27,319 women, 1,31,26,048 men, 277 transgender), 16.54 lakh fewer than the Dec 2025 local‑body list and 8.97 lakh fewer than the Oct 2025 special summary revision; CPI(M) representative M.V. Jayarajan declares that “eligible voters had been excluded from the ECI list,” and Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar schedules the formal release for Feb 21 2026 [1].

Feb 21, 2026 (planned) – The final electoral roll is slated for official publication, becoming the definitive voter list for Kerala’s forthcoming Assembly elections and triggering the last phase of voter verification and enrolment [1][2].

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