Guwahati, July 5 -- Mizoram's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Garima Gupta, on Saturday dismissed allegations that foreign nationals had been included in the state's electoral rolls, stating that a comprehensive verification exercise found no evidence to support such claims.

Her remarks came as the draft electoral roll for 2026 was published across all 40 Assembly constituencies following a month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted between May 30 and June 28.

The clarification follows a complaint by the Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), one of the state's most influential student organisations, which alleged an unprecedented 121 per cent increase in the number of voters in Chakma-dominated areas, particularly in southern Mizoram, over ...