Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru G. Lakshmikant Reddy chairing a meeting with leaders of political parties on the implementation of SIR in Mysuru district.
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Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has claimed that 96% of the voters in Mysuru district have been mapped so far.Chairing a meeting of leaders of political parties at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mysuru on Thursday, Mr. Reddy said the 2002 electoral rolls had been considered as the benchmark and compared with the existing 2025 electoral rolls through a mapping process.“96% of the voters in the district have already been identified and linked with their respective families,” said a statement here quoting Mr. Reddy.The mapping process is a pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls taken up by the Election Commission of India (ECI).According to the schedule for SIR announced by the ECI, the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will conduct door-to-door visits from June 30 to July 29, while the period from June 20 to 29 has been earmarked for preparation, training and printing forms.“The draft electoral roll will be published on August 5. Claims and objections may be submitted from August 5 to September 4, and these will be disposed of between August 5 and October 3. The final electoral roll will be published on October 7,” explained the Deputy Commissioner while detailing the schedule.He said that BLOs would distribute enumeration forms to voters during their house-to-house visits from June 30 to July 29. The completed forms will be collected by July 29, following which the draft electoral roll will be published on August 5.The public has been urged to fill in accurate information in the enumeration forms provided to them and sign them before submission. He warned that providing false information, including details relating to deceased persons or those who have migrated elsewhere, would constitute a punishable offence.He said the SIR process is being conducted transparently with the objective of ensuring that no eligible Indian citizen is deprived of the right to vote and that every voter is registered only at one place. Names will be deleted from the electoral roll only after due verification and examination of relevant information and documents.Mr. Reddy said Booth Level Agents appointed by political parties for every booth should coordinate with the public when the BLOs visit households from June 30 to July 29. The BLOs should ensure that enumeration forms reach every household and are duly filled and returned. Political parties have been requested to appoint agents for all polling booths and furnish the details.Mr. Reddy said the BLOs will visit each household at least three times to deliver the enumeration forms, obtain voter confirmation, collect signatures, and retrieve the completed forms. “Members of the public must receive, verify, and return the forms to the BLOs. Failure to do so may result in their names being omitted from the electoral roll,” said the Deputy Commissioner while appealing to the political parties to co-operate in this large-scale exercise.Head of familyIf the head of a family was listed in the 2002 electoral roll, it would be easier to add the names of other family members who have now become eligible voters, he said. However, persons who have married into a family or migrated and settled in the area may not have family linkage if their names do not appear in the earlier voter list. If such persons were enrolled in the electoral roll at their previous place of residence, their names can be added based on those records, he said.“Those who are not covered by the mapping process can submit the documents prescribed by the Election Commission along with the enumeration form, and steps will be taken to include their names in the electoral roll,” he said.Additional Deputy Commissioner R. Aishwarya and leaders of various political parties were present at the meeting. Published - June 04, 2026 07:58 pm IST
