After draft electoral roll, Rudrapur becomes Uttarakhand's assembly seat with most voters at 1.71 lakh; Dharampur, first in 2022, now fourth; final roll on January 4

After the publication of the draft electoral roll in the state, Rudrapur has become the assembly constituency with the most voters, at 1.71 lakh. According to Dainik Jagran, Dharampur was first in 2022 with 2.05 lakh voters and is now fourth with 1.59 lakh. After this year's SIR, more than eight lakh names were removed from the roll in the state, and 1.19 lakh new names were added in the special drive that followed, changing voter numbers across seats considerably. The most names in the drive, 5,688, were added in the Kaladhungi seat, which is second with 1.71 lakh voters; Sahaspur is third with 1.64 lakh and Doiwala fifth with 1.51 lakh. After polling stations were reorganised, their number in the state has fallen by 45 to 12,498. The exact position will be clear once the final electoral roll is released on January 4.