Total Voting Rights

Cairn Energy PLC
30 April 2008


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

30 April 2008

CAIRN ENERGY PLC (the 'Company')

Total Voting Rights

For the purposes of the 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     131,026,215          131,026,215

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.




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