Total Voting Rights

Cairn Energy PLC
30 April 2007



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                   30 April 2007


                        CAIRN ENERGY PLC (the 'Company')

                              Total Voting Rights


For the purposes of the transitional provisions of the Financial Services
Authority's Disclosure and Transparency  Rules, the total number of shares in
the capital of the Company in issue as at the date of this notice is as follows:


Class             Nominal value       Number in issue     Voting
                  per share                               rights attached

Ordinary Shares   6 2/13 pence       130,446,446          130,446,446


The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if  they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure
and  Transparency Rules.





                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange