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Bengal, UP, TN, Kerala among 12 states, UT's to be covered in SIR 2.0
Business Standard
|October 28, 2025
EC to announce schedule for Assam separately
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced it would conduct the second phase ofthe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories (UTs), including four that are scheduled to hold Assembly elections by May 2026.
This phase will cover 510 million electors, more than half of the 970 million registered voters from the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. EC officials said 533,093 booth-level officers (BLOs) would carry out the exercise with the help of 764,419 booth-level associates (BLAs) of political parties.
These 12 include nine states (Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) and three UTs (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry).
Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal are due for Assembly polls by May 2026. In Assam, where elections are also due by May, a separate revision schedule will be announced, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said.
This story is from the October 28, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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