LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- The revision of electoral rolls comprising 12 crore (120 million) voters for the 2026 panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh is posing a duplication challenge for the State Election Commission with officials suspecting the presence of over 50 lakh (5 million) voters whose names appear at more than one polling booth.

Till now, SEC has zeroed in on over 12 lakh (1.2 million) duplicate voters and 1.63-lakh names have actually been deleted from the panchayat voter list, according to officials.

The exercise coincides with the Election Commission of India's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh for the 2027 assembly elections.

As for the panchayat polls, the booth level officers (BLOs) ...