Total Voting Rights

Cairn Energy PLC
31 March 2008


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

31 March 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           130,845,010        130,845,010

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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