Tamil Nadu elections: Decoding how SIR changed the voter list size and turnout calculations

Tamil Nadu's voter list has been revised after SIR, reducing the overall voter base and affecting how turnout percentages are read. A higher turnout may not always mean more people have voted.
Chief of Bureau, Chennai Lakshmi Subramanian explains how this shift, along with changing voter demographics, is reshaping the understanding of election numbers.

(Tamil Nadu elections 2026, Special Intensive Revision, Voter turnout, SIR, M.K. Stalin, DMK, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, AIADMK, TVK, Vijay)

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