ECI announces second phase of SIR of electoral rolls in 12 states, UTs

The Election Commission of India will conduct phase two of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday (October 27, 2025).

The states and Union Territories are: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal will go to the polls in 2026. Mr. Kumar clarified that in Assam, where polls are also due in 2026, the revision of electoral rolls will be announced separately.

He said the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is the ninth such exercise since Independence, with the last one happening in 2002-04.

Mr. Kumar said the first phase of the SIR was completed in Bihar with zero appeals.

ECI announces second phase of SIR of electoral rolls in 12 states, UTs

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