What Happens When Your Name Disappears From The Voter List? Inside the SIR exercise

"Instead of citizens choosing their government, it's potentially looking like the government is choosing its citizens..."
More than 47 lakh names have been removed from Delhi’s electoral rolls during the SIR exercise since 30 June 2026.
In 2025, Delhi had over 1.45 crore registered voters. Those now missing from the rolls have been marked as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate.
So, where are these voters now?
We travelled across Delhi to meet these people and understand what it means for them to not be able to vote anymore.

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