Maharashtra Publishes Draft Electoral Roll Excluding Over 2 Crore Voters After SIR
Maharashtra's draft electoral roll, published after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), excludes over 2.06 crore voters—about 21.14% of the previous electorate—due to reasons like untraceable addresses, relocation, death, duplicate registrations, or non-submission of forms. The draft includes 7.71 crore voters across all 288 Assembly constituencies. Major urban districts like Pune, Thane, and Mumbai Suburban account for a significant share of exclusions. Voters can file claims or objections until September 30, with the final roll scheduled for November 4.
First-hand measurement across 15 sources
We measured how 15 outlets covered this story. Coverage leans balanced overall (Left 43%, Centre 51%, Right 6%). Overall sentiment is neutral (48/100). Lens Score 50/100.
Outlets measured: indianexpress, indianexpress, freepressjournal, indiatvnews, news18, freepressjournal, indiatoday, english, and 7 more. See how each one headlined and framed the same story in the source comparison below.
AI Analysis
All 3 outlets scored close to centre on political lean. The real divergence here is in emphasis, not lean — compare the headlines below to see how each outlet chose to frame the same facts.
Sentiment was consistent across outlets (28–52/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
freepressjournal broke this story on 31 Aug, 05:25 pm. Other outlets followed.