EC extends SIR timeline in 6 states & UTs | India Information – The Instances of India


NEW DELHI: Following requests from chief electoral officers, Election Fee (EC) on Thursday revised the schedule for the continuing Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 5 states and a UT.The ultimate date for the submission of enumeration kinds and the publication of draft electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh has been determined as Dec 26 and Dec 18. 31, respectively.Within the earlier revised schedule, the enumeration interval for the 5 states and the UT was till Dec 11, and the sooner date of publication of the draft electoral rolls was Dec 16.EC mentioned the enumeration interval for Goa, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, and West Bengal ended as per the earlier revised schedule on Dec 11, and the draft electoral rolls might be revealed on Dec 16. The schedule for Kerala was revised earlier, and the enumeration interval for the state will finish by Dec 18, with the draft electoral roll being revealed on Dec 23.“With a purpose to be certain that no eligible elector is left behind, new electors are being inspired to refill Type 6 together with the declaration and submit them to BLOs or fill the shape and declaration on-line utilizing the ECINet app or web site to get their names included within the last electoral rolls, which might be revealed in Feb 2026,” EC mentioned in a press release.The ballot panel acknowledged on Wednesday that CEOs of all states and UTs the place SIR was underway will be certain that booth-wise lists of voters marked as absent, shifted, or useless/duplicate (ASD) are shared with sales space degree brokers (BLAs) of political events earlier than the publication of draft electoral rolls. The listing will embrace the names of electors who couldn’t be contacted even after three or extra visits made by sales space degree officers.Sharing the lists with BLAs will assist political events be certain that names of eligible voters usually are not faraway from the voters’ listing. EC mentioned the identical steps had been taken in the course of the SIR train in Bihar earlier this yr.As per EC, practically 51 crore enumeration kinds had been distributed in 12 states/UTs within the second part of the train.