Around 1.8 lakh electors have been excluded from Meghalaya's draft electoral roll published on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) identified them as deceased, shifted, untraceable or duplicate, officials said. The draft electoral roll, published for all 60 Assembly constituencies, contains 21,69,243 electors against 23,49,645 before the revision, reflecting a reduction of 1,80,402 names following a State-wide, house-to-house verification exercise, according to the official statistics. The revision also linked 7,75,665 electors (33.01%) directly with the 2005 SIR database, while 11,70,792 electors (49.83%) were mapped through their parents' or grandparents' electoral records. The publication of the draft roll marks the beginning of the statutory period for filing claims and objections, which will continue till September 4. Electors whose names appear in the draft roll and are successfully mapped with the 2005 records need not take any further action, the CEO said.