Chandigarh, July 23 -- The UT's draft electoral roll, published on Tuesday following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration phase, indicates a reduction of nearly 12.8% in the voter base.

According to the official report - out of 5,16,427 registered electors, only 4,50,280 (87.19%) submitted enumeration forms. As many as 66,147 voters, or 12.81%, remained unverified.

The figure effectively translates to more than one in every eight voters in Chandigarh not featuring in the draft roll. In electoral terms, such a double-digit shift is significant, particularly in a compact urban constituency where margins and turnout patterns can influence electoral outcomes.

The data shows that the reduction is not arbitrary but driven by clea...