EC announces second phase of SIR of electoral rolls in 12 states, UTs

The Election Commission will conduct phase two of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday. He said the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) is the ninth such exercise since Independence, with the last one happening in 2002-04. Kumar said the first phase of the SIR was completed in Bihar with zero appeals. "SIR will ensure no eligible elector is left out and no ineligible elector is included in poll rolls," Kumar said at a press conference in New Delhi on Monday.

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The Election Commission has already held two conferences with state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to firm up the SIR rollout roadmap. Several CEOs have already put the voter lists after their last SIR on their websites.

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The voters' list cleanup exercise has been concluded in Bihar with the final list with nearly 7.42 crore electors published on September 30. Polling in the state will be held in two phases -- on November 6 and November 11 -- and the counting will take place on November 14.