Lucknow: Even as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) form collection drive concluded on Friday, around 30% of voter data in Lucknow remained uncollected. Of the district’s nearly 40 lakh registered voters, information for over 12 lakh could not be gathered. As of December 26, only about 70% of SIR forms had been collected.
Officials said migration was the primary reason for the shortfall. Of the uncollected forms, 24.22% of voters—around 9.67 lakh—had either moved into Lucknow but remained registered in their native villages, or had relocated to other cities without updating their voter details. This included 5.36 lakh voters who had shifted and 4.31 lakh who were found absent.
Another 3.21% of the uncollected forms, roughly 1.28 lakh, belonged to deceased voters, while 1.22% (48,733 entries) were identified as duplicates, many of them self-reported during the verification exercise.
Rural assembly segments performed better than urban areas in form collection. Mohanlalganj led with 82.99%, followed by Malihabad at 82.54% and Bakshi Ka Talab at 77.66%. Urban constituencies continued to lag, with Lucknow West recording 69.8%, Sarojininagar 68.8%, Central 65.25%, Lucknow East 62.99%, North 61.46% and Cantonment 60.75%.
Officials attributed the disparity to stronger community networks in rural areas and constant population churn in the city. “Migration alone has created a gap of over 9.7 lakh voters,” an official said, adding that many booth-level officers were unable to trace residents despite an extended two-week deadline.
The situation in Lucknow reflects a broader statewide trend. Across Uttar Pradesh, about 18.71% of voter entries—nearly 2.89 crore—remain uncollected, including records of deceased, shifted and duplicate voters.
