The Samajwadi Party submitted a memorandum alleging duplicate voter entries across several Uttar Pradesh constituencies. It warned that if the alleged discrepancies were not corrected in time, genuine voters could face difficulties in casting their votes, affecting the electoral process.Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow,Oct 21, 2026 19:38 ISTThe Samajwadi Party has alleged large-scale irregularities in electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that thousands of duplicate entries have been found in several constituencies and demanding their immediate removal.Acting on the directions of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, SP state president Shyam Lal Pal submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow, formally flagging the alleged discrepancies.The party claimed that its detailed scrutiny of electoral rolls had revealed duplicate voter entries across most polling booths in the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates' Constituency, as well as in the Bakshi Ka Talab Assembly constituency in Lucknow district and the Mauranipur, Babina and Garautha Assembly constituencies in Jhansi district.The SP warned that if the alleged irregularities were not rectified in time, genuine voters could face significant difficulties in casting their votes, potentially affecting the electoral process.
ALLAHABAD-JHANSI GRADUATES' CONSTITUENCYThe SP flagged several instances in which the same voter allegedly appeared twice on the electoral rolls at individual polling booths.Polling booth 247: Voter Sudhir Kumar Patel, listed at serial numbers 192 and 193, allegedly appears twice. The entry gives Sarjudash as the relative's name, an address in Masihaganj, Jhansi, and the date of birth as April 1, 1985.Polling booth 251: Rekha Punit, listed at serial numbers 149 and 150, allegedly appears twice.
The entries mention Vijay Anand as the relative's name, an address in Schoolpura, Premnagar, and February 2, 1975, as the date of birth.Polling booth 260: Anoop Singh Patel, listed at serial numbers 24 and 25, allegedly appears twice. The entries mention Surjan Singh as the relative's name and January 20, 1996, as the date of birth.Polling booth 267: Priya Gupta, listed at serial numbers 138 and 139, allegedly appears twice.
The entries identify Amit Kumar Gupta as the relative's name and give November 5, 1980, as the date of birth.Polling booth 272: Kuldeep Kumar, listed at serial numbers 20 and 21, allegedly appears twice. The entries mention Ramautar Singh as the relative's name and May 11, 1984, as the date of birth.BAKSHI KA TALAB: MULTIPLE ENTRIES FOR THE SAME VOTERIn Lucknow's 169-Bakshi Ka Talab Assembly constituency, the party highlighted alleged duplicate entries at polling booths 483 and 484.
At polling booth 483, the name of Phoolmati, wife of late Suraj, allegedly appears four times at serial numbers 899, 937, 938 and 939. The entries carry different Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers.
The voter is listed as a 45-year-old woman, with an address associated with plot number 20 and khasra number 318.At polling booth 484, the party identified four sets of alleged duplicate entries:Mridul Mehta, son of Dhansingh Mehta, at serial numbers 1028 and 1029.Ashish Khare, son of Harishchandra Khare, at serial numbers 1004 and 1015.Shraddha Srivastava, daughter of Vinod Bihari Srivastava, at serial numbers 976 and 978.Ashish, son of Ram Bharose, at serial numbers 953 and 987.JHANSI: IRREGULARITIES IN 3 ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIESThe SP also flagged alleged duplicate entries in the Garautha, Babina and Mauranipur Assembly constituencies in Jhansi district.Garautha Assembly constituencyAt polling booth 65, Usha, wife of Deepu Pal, allegedly appears against seven serial numbers: 726, 727, 732, 733, 734, 735 and 738. The party said the entries carry different EPIC numbers.At polling booth 67, the name Rahul, son of Kundan, allegedly appears consecutively at five serial numbers, from 783 to 787, with a different EPIC number against each entry.222-Babina Assembly constituencyThe party identified three instances of alleged duplicate entries:At polling booth 45, Priyanka Agarwal, whose relative is listed as Anoop Agarwal, appears at serial numbers 750 and 753.At polling booth 48, Raju, whose relative is listed as Bhagirath, appears at serial numbers 774 and 779.At polling booth 49, Veni Devi, whose relative is listed as Halku Ahirwar, appears at serial numbers 750 and 751.Mauranipur Assembly constituencyAt polling booth 5, Nidhi Pandey, whose relative is listed as Vaibhav Tiwari, allegedly appears three times at serial numbers 610, 638 and 650.At polling booth 9, Bhanu Pratap, whose relative is listed as Ramdeen, allegedly appears twice at serial numbers 541 and 548.SP DEMANDS IMMEDIATE DELETION OF DUPLICATE ENTRIESThe Samajwadi Party has urged the Election Commission to conduct an impartial examination of the electoral rolls in the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates' Constituency, Bakshi Ka Talab in Lucknow district, and the Mauranipur, Garautha and Babina Assembly constituencies in Jhansi district.The party has demanded the immediate deletion of all duplicate and allegedly unauthorised entries identified during its scrutiny, saying the exercise is necessary to ensure free, fair, transparent and fearless elections.The memorandum was submitted in person to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer in Lucknow by a delegation comprising SP state secretary KK Srivastava, state executive committee member Dr Harishchandra Singh Yadav and Radheshyam Singh.- Ends