The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule for a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the coming days. The first phase will cover over 10 States, including election-bound Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, and West Bengal.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is preparing to announce the schedule for a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The announcement is expected at a press conference in the coming days.
According to sources, the first phase of this process will cover more than 10 States and one Union Territory, including the election-bound States of Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal.
The Commission recently reviewed the readiness of all States and Union Territories for the country-wide SIR during a two-day conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs), which concluded in New Delhi on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
Sources told the media that
“the full commission will now discuss the matter and take a call on the schedule, which would be announced soon.”
The SIR is likely to be rolled out in two phases. The first phase will include Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal, where Assembly elections are due in 2026.
The second phase will cover States that are holding local body elections and where severe winter weather may create challenges for the electoral revision process.
During the conference, the Commission heard the points raised by the CEOs of various States. It responded to general queries and held a detailed presentation on the SIR.
However,
“no concrete decisions were announced at the meeting,”
as sources stated.
They added that
“a decision would be communicated to all CEOs after the meeting of the Election Commission members.”
The two-day meeting was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
The Commission also reviewed the progress made on earlier directions issued to the CEOs, which required mapping current electors with the lists from the last SIR in all States and Union Territories, according to an official statement by the poll body.
The statement further mentioned that
“the commission also interacted one-to-one with the CEOs of poll-bound States/Union Territory of Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal.”
This conference was a follow-up to the SIR preparedness meeting held on September 10, where all States and Union Territories had given detailed presentations on the number of electors, the qualifying date of the last SIR, and the status of electoral rolls in their respective regions.
The nationwide SIR was earlier announced by the ECI on June 24, 2025, alongside the SIR for Bihar. The process has faced legal challenges in the Supreme Court.
While the court did not question the ECI’s authority to conduct the SIR, it instructed that Aadhaar should be included as the 12th document for proof of identity.
ECI sources stated that
“the indicative list of documents required to be submitted by electors are likely to be the same as in the Bihar SIR with Aadhaar being considered as a proof of identity only.”
The Special Intensive Revision aims to ensure that electoral rolls across India are accurate, up-to-date, and inclusive. By closely coordinating with the CEOs of various States and Union Territories, the ECI seeks to minimize errors and discrepancies before upcoming elections.
With elections scheduled in key States in 2026, this nationwide SIR process is expected to play a crucial role in strengthening the democratic process and improving voter accessibility.
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