New Delhi, February 19: An official announced on Thursday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) will commence the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and 22 other states and union territories starting April 2026. Meanwhile, the ongoing SIR process in 13 states and union territories is nearing completion.
The states and union territories set for the next round of SIR include Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, NCT Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Telangana, and Uttarakhand.
The ECI has instructed the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of these states and union territories to complete the preparatory work related to the SIR promptly.
In an advisory issued by Election Commission Secretary Pawan Diwan, it was stated, “The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is expected to begin in 22 states/union territories from April 2026. Therefore, we request you to complete the preparatory work related to the SIR exercise as soon as possible.”
Diwan further mentioned, “The Commission had ordered the SIR of voter rolls in all states and union territories through order number 23/ERS/2025 dated June 24, 2025.”
The advisory noted, “Continuing from this, the Commission directed all Chief Electoral Officers, except Bihar, to initiate pre-revision activities for the SIR exercise through letter number 23/2025-ERS (Volume II) dated July 5, 2025. Subsequently, through a letter dated October 27, 2025, the Commission announced the Special Intensive Revision Exercise in 12 states and union territories, which is currently ongoing.”
Earlier reports from Kolkata indicated that nearly 2 million voter documents are pending re-verification by District Electoral Officers (DEOs), just three days before the deadline for hearing claims and objections on the draft electoral roll.
Sources from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal stated that most of these pending documents relate to cases with ‘logical discrepancies.’
A source commented, “Micro-observers noted discrepancies in these documents during the ongoing scrutiny process. In such cases, the documents submitted by the respective voters did not match the 13 documents required by the Election Commission of India as valid identity proof.”
The source added, “Based on the recommendations of the micro-observers, these documents were returned to the District Electoral Officers for re-verification. The Commission also instructed the relevant DEOs to complete the re-verification process and submit their reports to the Commission as soon as possible.”
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