Pan-India SIR Date: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that after successful implementation of SIR in Bihar, now second phase of SIR will be implemented in other selected states of the country also.

Like Bihar, SIR will be held in 12 more states of the country, a big announcement by the Election Commission

Pan-India SIR Date: 12 states and union territories in the country like Bihar will also begin the process of special in-depth revision (SIR) of voter rolls. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said in the press conference that in the second phase of SIR, updation of voter list, addition of names of new voters and errors will be rectified. CEC said voter rolls in states that have SIR will be frozen tonight.

CEC Gyanesh Kumar told voter list will be revised for the 9th time in the country after independence. Significantly, such revision has taken place eight times from 1951 to 2004, while all political parties have periodically complained of flaws in voter rolls.

The second phase of SIR will start from tomorrow

Chief Election Commissioner said voter rolls in states that are scheduled to undergo special in-depth revision will be frozen tonight at 12 p.m. Every booth will have a BLO (BLO) deployed and every assembly constituency an ERO (Electoral Registry Office).  ERO, will be an officer of SDM level. Inumeration forms (EFs) will be printed for all voters today. Each BLO will go to every house at least three times to gather information. Voters who are outside their area will also be able to fill out this form online. No additional documents or forms will be required during this process.

The second phase of SIR will be held in these states

CEC Gyanesh Kumar informed that the second phase SIR will be held in Andaman & Nicobar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. It is noteworthy that assembly elections are to be held in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Puducherry next year. SIR's process starts tomorrow in these 12-stated states. Final draft list to be released February 7, 2026.

Why did the Election Commission not announce SIR in Assam? This is the reason

Assam also has assembly elections next year, but SIR hasn't been announced there. Regarding this, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said that Indian citizenship law has separate law for Assam citizenship. So separate SIR orders will be issued for Assam. At the same time, on the question of deadlock regarding SIR in West Bengal, Election Commission said that there is no deadlock there. All institutions within the Constitution follow their own obligation. Election Commission's complying with its obligation The government there is complying with its obligation.

What is the process of SIR?

Inumeration forms (Enumeration Forces) will be printed first under SIR's process. States where this special thorough revision is underway will have their voter rolls frozen tonight. Every voter'll be given this form at home after. When BLOs (BLOs) give door-to-door forms, they'll match the name entered in it to the 2003 voter list. Voter won't need to provide any documents if name and parental name details match list.

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