Tamil Nadu Sir 2026: Tamil Nadu SIR final electoral roll: 5.67 crore voters in state after deletion of nearly 97 lakh electors | Chennai News – The Times of India

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has a total of 5,67,07,380 electors — 28,960,838 women and 27,738,925 men, according to the final electoral roll of the Special Intensive Revision 2026 released on Monday.Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu, Archana Patnaik, released the final electoral roll.Post the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the state saw 97.37 lakh voter deletions, with urban constituencies accounting for the bulk of deletions.

The total electorate then stood at 5.43 crore, a drop from the previous 6.41 crore.However, after SIR, 34,75,717 applications were received both offline and online, including for inclusion.As many as 27.53 lakh eligible electors were added and 4.23 lakh ineligible electors were deleted during the period for filing of claims and objections from Dec 19 in 2025 to Jan 30.As per the final electoral roll, the assembly constituency with the highest number of electors is Shozhinganallur in Chengalpet district, with 5,36,991 electors — 2,62,621 men, 2,74,254 women, and 116 from the third gender.The assembly constituency with the lowest number of electors is Harbour in Chennai district, with 1,16,896 electors — 58,221 men, 58,620 women, and 55 from the third gender.The number of electors in the 18–19 years age group stands at 12.51 lakh, of which 7.40 lakh were enrolled during the special drive under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to Archana Patnaik, Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu.The total number of electors in the state has dropped by 11.5%.