India, Feb. 23 -- The final electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, after the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, were released on Monday by the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik. Over 74 lakh names have been deleted from the rolls, according to the final list.

Apart from assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, polls are also scheduled this summer in Kerala, West Bengal, Puducherry and Assam.

Before the SIR exercise, the electorate stood at 6.41 crore as on October 27, 2025, which has now dropped to 5.67 crore as on February 23, 2026, as per the final list.

This indicates the removal of more than 74 lakh names from the list in the poll-bound state.

According to a release from the CEO Tamil Nadu, the e...