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Thousands of fake voters were inserted in Pilibhit’s voter rolls after SIR. We found that ECI’s rules and software leave voter data across India vulnerable to Pilibhit-like fraud.
By @ayushikar1998, @ShubhangiJourno, @TweetSumedha & @DikshyaKoirala7

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ECI continues with SIR abuse on electoral list unscathed by attack on CEC Gyanesh...SC watching like a mute spectator

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2. We found 2,691 voters who were replaced with fake voters across 55 booths. A week after UP CEO’s admission, 2,638 fake voters continue to remain on the voter rolls of Pilibhit.

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Thousands of fake voters were inserted in Pilibhit’s voter rolls after SIR. We found that ECI’s rules and software leave voter data across India vulnerable to Pilibhit-like fraud.
By @ayushikar1998, @ShubhangiJourno, @TweetSumedha & @DikshyaKoirala7

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[Sobhi Mohanty @SobhiMohanty]

Relentless research from day one by the incredibly committed @reporters_co.

What we're seeing in India is the potential emergence of an electoral watchdog comprising citizens & independent media in response to BJP's hijacking of electoral institutions. We need to push for this.

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Our response to the Uttar Pradesh govt on continued presence of thousands of fake voters on the Pilibhit voter roll 👇

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

Dear Sir, Thank you for responding. We are yet not convinced that all fake voters will be removed only during SSR because we have recorded a few already deleted and a majority left intact. We @reporters_co commit to continue to keep vigil on the case. We would be happy to receive proof of the fake voters being removed and the legitimate voters restored their rights.

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@ANI Project Electoral Roll: Thirty eight reports by @reporters_co unearthing scams, fraud and wrongdoing impacting millions of voters. Read them all

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For instance, ECI official replaced Arisa Bi’s name with a fake voter Jannat in the English and Hindi rolls.
But Iin the Urdu roll, it still reads Arisa Bi.

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2. The metadata shows the officials left a trail, which the ECI should have caught on its own.

In UP, voter rolls are prepared in 3 languages: Eng, Hindi & Urdu. In Urdu database, the original names were as it is. ECI officials had added fake voters In English & Hindi versions.

[Sumedha @TweetSumedha]

In Pilibhit, ECI officials manipulated voter rolls at a breakneck speed. @reporters_co analysed the metadata of the ECI's voter database & found:

1. On a single day, names of 656 voters were modified in 7.4 minutes. That’s 89 voters a minute, or one every 0.7 seconds.

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Read this investigation by my colleagues @ShubhangiJourno, @TweetSumedha, @DikshyaKoirala7 and I where we discovered how ECI’s laws and software allow this post SIR playbook.

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

UP CEO of ECI admitted to injection of thousand of fake voters on Pilibhit voter roll. More than a week later we found many have nor been removed. The Fake Voter Playbook is open to be used not just in Uttar Pradesh, but across India through ECI software 👇

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3. Project Electoral Roll: Thirty eight reports (so far) unearthing scams, fraud and wrongdoing impacting millions of voters. Read them all here:
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2. Since July 2025, we have consistently exposed the SIR exercise. We can do this only with your support.

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Thousands of fake voters were inserted into the voter rolls in Pilibhit through fraudulent Form 8 applications after the SIR in Uttar Pradesh.
We found that ECI’s rules and software leave voter rolls across India vulnerable to Pilibhit-like fraud.

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[Mayank Aggarwal @journomayank]

A must read story by my brilliant colleagues 👇