Lucknow, Nov. 5 -- Uttar Pradesh has witnessed a reduction of 3,786 polling stations, from 1,77,516 to 1,73,730, after the Election Commission of India (ECI) approved proposals submitted by district election officers (DEOs) for the allocation of polling stations in 403 Assembly constituencies across all 75 districts. The exercise was carried out on November 4, following the prescribed norm of 1,200 voters per polling station. Under the Special Summary Revision (SSR) programme being conducted in the state, with January 1, 2027, as the qualifying date, the draft electoral rolls will be published at the 1,73,730 polling stations approved by the ECI. After the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process concluded in April in Uttar Pradesh, the final electoral rolls had 133.9 million (13.39 crore) voters, a decline of 13.24% from the 154.4 million (15.44 crore) voters listed in the electoral rolls published on October 27, 2025, following a Special Summary Revision. UP chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said the process of allocating polling stations in the state began on October 16. Proposals received from all districts were subsequently sent to the ECI for approval in accordance with the prescribed procedure. Rinwa said the state had 1,77,516 polling stations before the amalgamation, a number that has now come down to 1,73,730, marking a reduction of 3,786 polling stations. htc...