Election Commission press release · 14 May 2026 · pibtracker filter

Special Intensive Revision – Phase III

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SIR to be conducted in phased manner in 16 States and 3 UTs Election Commission of India has directed the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 16 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs) as per Annexure-I. The schedule of SIR Phase-III has been fixed keeping in view the common field machinery with the ongoing house listing of Census . With this, the SIR of Electoral Rolls will cover the entire country in Phase-III except Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh . After considering the completion of Phase-II of the Census in these three State/UTs and due consideration of the weather in the upper reaches/ snow bound areas, SIR schedule for these three State/UTs will be announced later.

During SIR Phase-III over 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will go house-to-house to 36.73 crore electors assisted by 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties during the Enumeration Phase. State/UT wise details of BLOs and BLAs are at Annexure-II. SIR is a participative exercise involving all stakeholders including electors, political parties and election officials. ECI requests all political parties to appoint BLAs for each Polling Booth , in order to ensure full participation of political parties so that SIR is conducted with complete transparency and full participation of political parties. In the first two phases of the SIR in 13 States/UTs covering nearly 59 crore electors as on the date of order of SIR in the respective States/UTs, over 6.3 lakh BLOs and 9.2 lakh BLAs appointed by political parties were involved in various stages of the SIR process. ********** PK/GDH/RP Annexure- I States/UTs Qualifying date of SIR Preparation, Training & Printing House to House visits by BLOs Rationalization of Polling Stations Publication of draft Electoral roll Period for filing claims & objections Notice Phase/ disposal of Claims & objection Publication of Final Electoral Roll Odisha Mizoram Sikkim Manipur 01.07.2026 20.05.2026 to 29.05.2026 30.05.2026 to 28.06.2026 By 28.06.2026 05.07.2026 05.07.2026 to 04.08.2026 05.07.2026 to 02.09.2026 06.09.2026 5. DNH & DD 01.07.2026 25.05.2026 to 03.06.2026 04.06.2026 to 03.07.2026 By 03.07.2026 10.07.2026 10.07.2026 to 09.08.2026 10.07.2026 to 07.09.2026 11.09.2026 6. Uttarakhand 01.07.2026 29.05.2026 to 07.06.2026 08.06.2026 to 07.07.2026 By 07.07.2026 14.07.2026 14.07.2026 to 13.08.2026 10.07.2026 to 11.09.2026 15.09.2026 Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Haryana Chandigarh 01.07.2026 05.06.2026 to 14.06.2026 15.06.2026 to 14.07.2026 By 14.07.2026 21.07.2026 21.07.2026 to 20.08.2026 21.07.2026 to 18.09.2026 22.09.2026 Telangana Punjab 01.10.2026 15.06.2026 to 24.06.2026 25.06.2026 to 24.07.2026 By 24.07.2026 31.07.2026 31.07.2026 to 30.08.2026 31.07.2026 to 28.09.2026 01.10.2026 Karnataka Meghalaya Maharashtra Jharkhand Delhi 01.10.2026 20.06.2026 to 29.06.2026 30.06.2026 to 29.07.2026 By 29.07.2026 05.08.2026 05.08.2026 to 04.09.2026 05.08.2026 to 03.10.2026 07.10.2026 18. Nagaland 01.10.2026 05.08.2026 to 14.08.2026 16.08.2026 to 14.09.2026 By 14.09.2026 20.09.2026 20.09.2026 to 20.10.2026 20.09.2026 to 18.11.2026 22.11.2026 19. Tripura 01.10.2026 05.09.2026 to 14.09.2026 15.09.2026 to 14.10.2026 By 14.10.2026 21.10.2026 21.10.2026 to 20.10.2026 21.10.2026 to 19.12.2026 23.12.2026 Annexure- II Name of the State/UT Number of BLOs Number of BLAs Electors (as on 12.05.2026) Andhra Pradesh 46,397 68,868 4,16,16,061 Arunachal Pradesh 2288 3131 8,87,607 Chandigarh 614 1143 5,18,663 DNH & DD 488 466 4,27,849 Haryana 20629 12917 2,06,63,155 Jharkhand 29571 21644 2,64,89,777 Karnataka 59050 25,284 5,55,74,064 Maharashtra 97924 96949 9,86,64,413 Manipur 2996 5003 20,91,999 Meghalaya 3551 0 23,43,252 Mizoram 1353 3430 8,75,004 Nagaland 2432 2623 13,56,858 NCT of Delhi 13026 28881 1,48,23,234 Odisha 38123 8391 3,34,33,659 Punjab 24453 8547 2,14,56,297 Sikkim 572 681 4,71,094 Tripura 3356 6757 28,97,674 Telangana 35985 25886 3,39,20,705 Uttarakhand 11733 21808 79,76,466 Total 3,94,541 3,42,409 36,73,87,831

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Remember Phase-III covers 16 states + 3 UTs, excludes Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Ladakh; involves 3.94 lakh BLOs visiting 36.73 crore electors alongside Census house-listing operations.