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Phase III of Special Intensive Revision
May 16 , 2026
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- The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for Phase 3 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and three Union Territories.
- The States and Union Territories where the SIR-3 would be carried out in a staggered manner are: Delhi, Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Tripura, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
- With this phase, the exercise would cover the entire country, except Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
- The SIR schedule for these States would be announced later, after considering the completion of Phase-II of the Census and due consideration of the weather in the upper reaches or snow-bound areas.
- In Assam, due to the legalities of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a “special revision” was conducted.
- While announcing Phase 2, the EC had introduced certain changes with learnings from Bihar.
- In Bihar, the first phase had been carried out.
- The most important of them was that no documents were to be collected from electors during the Enumeration Phase.
- Aadhaar had been added as the 12th document as directed by the Supreme Court, but only as proof of identity and not of citizenship.
- The Special Intensive Revision is being conducted to ensure that only eligible voters are included in the electoral rolls.
- The Commission also informed that electors aggrieved by decisions of the ERO may file an appeal before the District Magistrate under Section 24(a) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
- It is followed by a second appeal to the Chief Electoral Officer under Section 24(b) and Rule 27 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.
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