1 In 3 Nagpur Voters Still Unmapped In Pre-SIR Exercise, Only 60% City Mapped Against 77% In Rural Belt

Nagpur: Nearly one in every three voters in Nagpur district is yet to be mapped in the ongoing pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with urban constituencies emerging as the weakest-performing segment ahead of the actual SIR drive scheduled to begin from June end.Constituency-wise data accessed by TOI shows that of Nagpur district's current electorate of 46.41 lakh voters, 31.76 lakh electors have so far been mapped with records from the previous SIR exercise, taking the overall mapping to 68.45%. This means around 14.64 lakh electors — nearly 32% of the district's total electorate — are still unmapped at the pre-SIR stage.The data, as of June 5, reveals a sharp urban-rural divide in the exercise. While the six rural Assembly constituencies together recorded a mapping percentage of 77.81%, the six city constituencies lagged significantly behind at 60.08%. In actual numbers, close to 9.78 lakh electors in urban constituencies remain unmapped compared with around 3.86 lakh in rural segments.Among individual constituencies, Nagpur West recorded the lowest mapping at 56.17%, followed by Nagpur North at 57.39% and Nagpur East at 59.82%. Nagpur South-West and Nagpur South also remained around the 60.90% mark. On the other hand, rural constituencies such as Umred and Ramtek posted the highest mapping percentages at 87.20% and 87.50 %, respectively, while Katol recorded 83.70%.The exercise has also identified a substantial number of "electors with anomalies" — cases involving duplication, shifting, deaths or discrepancies requiring further scrutiny. Across the district, around 8.65 lakh electors have been flagged under the anomaly category, including 4.79 lakh from city constituencies alone.Election officials said the pre-SIR mapping process is aimed at linking existing electors with records from the previous intensive revision exercise before the commencement of the full-scale SIR process later this month.Officials attributed the slower urban mapping pace to factors such as high migration, rented populations, rapid urban expansion and difficulties in physical verification in densely populated areas. Nagpur district currently has 4,610 polling stations, including 2,158 in urban constituencies and 2,452 in rural segments. The district's electorate has also witnessed a steep rise over the years, increasing from 25.22 lakh electors in 2002 to over 46.41 lakh at present.