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, 2025, when the revision exercise was announced, the state has received 86,69,073 Form 6 applications, including 43,06,364 from men, 43,62,323 from women and 386 from third gender voters." Regarding objections for deletion of names from the rolls, Rinwa said 2,68,682 Form 7 applications were submitted between January 6 and March 6. From October 27, 2025 to March 6, 2026, a total of 3,18,140 Form 7 applications were received, including 1,86,362 for male electors, 1,31,766 for female electors and 12 for third gender voters, he said. UP CEO said the draft electoral rolls published on January 6 had 12.55 crore voters, including 6.88 crore men (54.8%), 5.67 crore women (45% ) and 4,119 third gender voters (0.01%). He said notices were issued to 3.26 crore voters whose details required verification. This included 1.04 crore voters whose details were not mapped with the 2003 Special Intensive Revision, and 2.22 crore voters where discrepancies were found, such as mismatch in names or implausible age gaps between family members. The first notices were issued on January 14, and hearings began on January 21. He said that 100% notices have now been generated, while about 93.8% have already been served. "So far, hearings have been completed for around 2.80 crore voters, which accounts for about 85.8% of the cases," Rinwa said. To facilitate the process, the Election Commission arranged hearings at 5,621 locations across the state and set up help desks to assist voters. Booth level officers also visited households and carried out verification using a mobile application, he added. "About 14% of the hearings are still pending, but with the current pace of work, the process is expected to be completed within the stipulated deadline of March 27," he said....