ECI asks 17 States, 5 UTs to prepare for next phase of SIR ‘expected’ in April

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in the 22 States and Union Territories where it is yet to be held is “expected” to start from April, the Election Commission of India told State poll authorities on Thursday (February 19, 2026). .

The 22 remaining States and UTs are 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, the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Telangana, and Uttarakhand.

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In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officers of these 22 States and UTs, the ECI asked them to complete all preparatory work related to the SIR at the earliest, as the exercise “is expected to start from April 2026”. This preparatory work includes mapping the existing voters with the electoral roll of 2002-2004, when the last SIR was conducted, and training booth-level officers (BLOs) to carry out the exercise.

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ECI asks 17 States, 5 UTs to prepare for next phase of SIR ‘expected’ in April

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