LUCKNOW, March 8 -- Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa on Saturday said the Election Commission received over 70.69 lakh Form 6 claims for inclusion in the electoral rolls and 2.68 lakh objections via Form 7, seeking deletion of names, in Uttar Pradesh between January 6 and March 6 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls 2026.

Speaking at a press conference at Lok Bhavan, Rinwa said 70,69,810 Form 6 applications were received during the two-month claims and objections period, with 35,72,603 submitted by women and 34,96,911 by men, indicating that the number of applications from women exceeded those from men. As many as 296 applications were submitted by third gender voters.

"Since October 27, ...