Assam draft voter roll: 2.52 crore electors, women now outnumber men

Assam's draft electoral roll for the Special Summary Revision (SSR) 2027 was published in all of the state's Assembly constituencies on Thursday, November 12. It lists 2,51,76,910 electors, and women now narrowly outnumber men. Voters now have a month, until December 11, to check their entries and file claims or objections before the final roll comes out on January 4, 2027.

The figures come from the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Assam, as reported by The Assam Tribune and Pratidin Time. The roll uses January 1, 2027 as the qualifying date, so anyone who turns 18 by then can apply to be added.

The numbers at a glance

• Total electors: 2,51,76,910, up from 2,49,58,139 in the final roll published on February 10, 2026
• Women: 1,25,88,939; men: 1,25,87,650; third gender: 321
• Added since February: 4,12,344; deleted: 1,93,573; net gain: 2,18,771
• First-time voters aged 18-19: 2,87,233
• Electors aged 85 and above: 1,22,198
• Electors with disabilities: 2,05,962
• Service voters: 63,237; overseas electors: 6
• Polling stations: 31,516, an average of 799 electors each

Women move ahead

The gender balance has flipped since February. The previous final roll had 1,24,82,213 men and 1,24,75,583 women, which put men ahead by 6,630. The draft roll puts women ahead by 1,289, a swing of nearly 8,000 in nine months.

The change came during continuous revision. Women made up 2,31,584 of the 4,12,344 names added, about 56%. They also made up most of the deletions, 1,18,228 of 1,93,573, or about 61%. More women were added than removed, so their total rose faster than men's. No third-gender elector was added and 22 were deleted, so that figure fell from 343 to 321, Pratidin Time noted.

Big gaps between constituencies

Constituency sizes vary widely. Dalgaon (No. 51), in Darrang district, has the most electors at 3,25,746. Amri (No. 112), a Scheduled Tribe seat in West Karbi Anglong, has the fewest at 1,01,509. Dalgaon has more than three times as many electors as Amri. Dotma (ST), in Kokrajhar, has the fewest polling stations at 147. The two reports name different seats as having the most polling stations (402), so NEInsider has left that detail out until the CEO's office list is checked.

In Guwahati, Kamrup Metropolitan District Commissioner Swapneel Paul released the draft photo rolls for the city's five seats at a press conference. "Today, November 12, we published draft electoral roll. We would initiate some steps from today and we will publish the final list of voters on January 4, 2027," he said, according to The Assam Tribune. Dispur, Dimoria (SC), New Guwahati, Guwahati Central and Jalukbari together have 10,61,532 electors and 1,218 polling stations. Dispur is the largest at 2,46,367.

How to check your name

The draft rolls can be inspected at every polling station and at the offices of Electoral Registration Officers. Voters can also search the Election Commission's online voter portal. Under ECI rules, new voters apply with Form 6, objections to an entry (for a death or shift) go on Form 7, and corrections or address changes use Form 8.

Key dates:

• November 12 to December 11: claims and objections
• November 21-22 and December 5-6: special campaign days
• December 28: last date to dispose of claims and objections
• January 4, 2027: final electoral roll

The CEO's office has asked parties and voters to take part so that the final roll is "accurate, inclusive and error-free".

Why it matters

Voter rolls are sensitive in Assam, where questions of citizenship and identity have shaped politics for decades. Only this week the Gauhati High Court held that a PAN card or voter ID alone does not prove citizenship before a Foreigners Tribunal, a reminder that being on the roll and proving nationality are separate questions.

Assam is one of 17 states and Union Territories where the Election Commission ordered this round of summary revision. Elsewhere in the region, Mizoram's draft roll is due on November 30, Meghalaya published its final roll of 21.83 lakh electors last month after its own revision, and the Commission has offered fresh inclusion to voters left out in seven states, including Nagaland.

For families, the practical step is to check the draft now, especially for first-time voters, elderly relatives and anyone who has moved house.