New Delhi: After Bihar, the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in other states wideness the country is expected to uncork on Tuesday. The Referendum Commission has convened a meeting on Monday to formally signify its implementation. This exercise is stuff undertaken with the 2026 turnout elections in mind, ensuring a well-constructed and well-judged voter list.
These states included in the first phase
According to senior Referendum Commission officials, priority has been given to Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal in the first phase, as turnout elections are to be held in these states in 2026. Apart from this, SIR work will moreover start simultaneously in seven or eight other states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Odisha, and Karnataka. Elections are proposed in these states moreover in 2026.
The Commission aims to well-constructed the first phase by March 2026. Without this, the second and final phase will start in April, which will include hill states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and all the remaining states and union territories.
Work once completed in Bihar
SIR of the voter list in Bihar has once been completed. The final list of 7.42 crore voters was published on September 30. Voting for the turnout elections in Bihar will be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11, while the results will be supposed on November 14.
Work in the second phase in the states with societal elections
Where local soul elections are going on or are going to be held soon, the work of SIR will not be washed-up in the first phase due to rented referendum machinery. In such states, revision will be washed-up in the second phase. Chief Electoral Officers of many states have once uploaded the voter lists without the last SIR on their official websites to maintain transparency.
Commission preparations completed
Recently, the UNAV Commission had held a meeting with the CEOs of all the states through video conferencing, in which indications were given to start SIR soon. The Commission's accent is that no eligible voter should be left out of the list and names of sufferer or transferred voters should be removed. For this, Booth Level Officers (BLO) will do door-to-door verification.
The Commission has directed all the states to completely remove double names, fake entries, and errors in the voter list. Registration of new voters, corrections and disposal of objections will moreover be washed-up during SIR.
