
Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik addressing the media after the publication of he tfinal electoral roll after the Special intensive Revision 2026, on the Secretariat in Chennai on Monday
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The last electoral roll of Tamil Nadu after the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) train was printed on Monday (February 23, 2026), in response to which there are 5,67,07,380 electors throughout the State, Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik mentioned in Chennai. Among the Assembly constituencies, Sholinganallur has the very best variety of electors – at 5,36,991 – whereas Harbour has the bottom, at 1,16,896.
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In December final yr, the Election Commission of India (ECI) printed the built-in draft electoral rolls of Tamil Nadu after the enumeration kind interval of the SIR ended. In the draft electoral roll, greater than 97.3 lakh electors – or 15% of those on the roll – were removed.
In October final yr, when the Commission froze the electoral roll of Tamil Nadu, the State had 6.41 crore voters. According to the draft electoral rolls, the overall variety of electors within the State was at 5.43 crore. The interval for submitting claims and objections opened on December 19, 2025, and continued until January this yr.
She mentioned Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would go to Tamil Nadu on February 26 and 27 and would meet representatives of assorted political parities and authorities companies.
Published – February 23, 2026 03:05 pm IST