Photo Courtesy: nenews
Aizawl: The Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) is calling foul on the state's latest voter count. The student group claims a massive, unexplained spike in electors within Chakma-majority villages. They say official numbers don't add up. The group challenged Chief Electoral Officer Garima Gupta's recent claim that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 showed no abnormal growth.
Analysis from the MZP suggests a different story. In some areas, voter rolls swelled by over 376 percent. They pointed to Sumasumi village in Lunglei district as a primary example. The village had 52 electors in 2005. That number hit 248 on the latest draft roll. The MZP analyzed 95 villages. They found over 30 showed growth exceeding 50 percent. Meanwhile, Mizo-majority villages in the same region saw only modest increases of 10 to 20 percent.
The group wants answers. They demand better monitoring of the revision process. They also cited mapping flaws in five Assembly constituencies. Vigilance is needed now. The Claims and Objections period runs until August 4, offering a window to scrub bad data.
Gupta previously defended the department's work. She noted that officials found no evidence of foreign nationals slipping onto the lists. When releasing the draft rolls, she said, "We do not see any case of a foreign national being entered in the electoral roll. As per the draft roll, there is no large increase or abnormal growth in voter numbers."
The current draft rolls list 828,906 total electors. Of those, 429,881 are women. During the review, officials failed to collect forms for 46,163 voters. This group includes people who died, moved away, or could not be tracked. Political parties are now pushing to remove any names missing a link to 2005 records. They want civil society groups to help verify every doubtful entry.
Comments