New Delhi: The Election Fee will conduct section two of the particular intensive revision(SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar introduced on Monday.
The states and Union Territories are: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradeshand West Bengal.
Amongst these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal will go to the polls in 2026. Kumar clarified that in Assam, the place polls are additionally due in 2026, the revision of electoral rolls might be introduced individually.
The CEC mentioned the continuing particular intensive revision (SIR) is the ninth such train since Independence, with the final one taking place in 2002-04.
He highlighted that the primary section of the SIR was accomplished in Bihar with zero appeals. “The second section might be performed in 12 states and Union Territories. SIR will guarantee no eligible elector is disregarded and no ineligible elector is included in ballot rolls,” Kumar mentioned at a press convention.
“Part two of SIR will cowl 51 crore voters. Whereas the enumeration course of will start on November 4, the draft rolls might be revealed on December 9 and ultimate electoral rolls on February 7,” he added.
The voters’ record cleanup train has been concluded in Bihar, with the ultimate record of practically 7.42 crore electors revealed on September 30. Polling within the state might be held in two phases — on November 6 and November 11 — and the counting of votes will happen on November 14.
The Election Fee has already held two conferences with state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to agency up the SIR rollout roadmap. A number of CEOs have already put the voter lists after their final SIR on their web sites.
The web site of the Delhi CEO has the 2008 voter record when the final intensive revision came about within the nationwide capital. In Uttarakhand, the final SIR came about in 2006, and that 12 months’s electoral roll is now accessible on the state CEO web site.
The final SIR in states will function the closing date, simply because the 2003 voter record of Biharwas utilized by the EC for intensive revision.
Most states had the final SIR of the voter record between 2002 and 2004, they usually have practically accomplished the mapping of present electors in line with the final SIR held of their respective states.
The first purpose of the SIR is to weed out international unlawful migrants by checking their place of origin. The transfer assumes significance within the wake of a crackdown in varied states on unlawful migrants, together with these from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
