Total Voting Rights

Cairn Energy PLC
31 January 2008


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

31 January 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           130,835,871           130,835,871

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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