On December 23, Kerala's Election Commission published draft electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Shockingly, 24.08 lakh voters, about 8.65% of all voters, were deleted. They include 6.49 lakh marked as dead, 1.36 lakh as duplicates, and many labeled as absent, shifted, or untraceable. This stirred political uproar. Congress gave a letter from Anandan Nambiar, an 85-year-old voter from Kannur, who was wrongly left out due to a rejected form. Rajaji Mathew Thomas, former CPI legislator, revealed he and his wife were left off the rolls. His name has since been added but not his wife’s. Other prominent missing voters include Thiruvalla MLA Mathew T. Thomas and ex-police chief Raman Srivastava, both long-time residents who regularly vote. The Election Commission distributed forms to 2.78 crore voters but the draft list shows only 2.54 crore. The State Election Commission's local body list has 31.63 lakh more voters, indicating many active voters are missing. Political parties claim errors and undistributed forms caused many genuine voters to be dropped. Senior Congress leader M.K. Rahman says, “We are sure that at least 40% of the people on the ASD list are still in Kerala.” CPI(M) leader M.V. Jayarajan confirms nearly 19.32 lakh voters are on an 'unmapped' list needing identity verification. The Kerala government asked the Election Commission to stop or delay SIR, fearing harm to voter rights, but the request was denied. The exercise overlaps with local body elections, causing strain and confusion. Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar said the process is open and inclusive, with final rolls due on February 21. Claims can be filed until January 22, and verification ends February 14. Despite protests from Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others, missing voters must now re-enroll. This episode highlights major flaws in Kerala’s voter revision ahead of future elections.