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Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R.S. Gopalan said that astir 90% of the voters successful the State person been mapped with the 2002 electoral roll.
The CEO connected Friday (March 6, 2026) said this mapping process is expected to beryllium completed wrong the adjacent 15 days, and the people is fixed to execute astatine slightest 95% mapping.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls successful the authorities would commence from April 1, Mr. Gopalan said.
"The SIR process volition commence from April 1. We are present moving to hint the remaining 10 per cent of the voters who are unmapped and person appealed to citizens to supply accusation astir their presumption successful the 2002 roll."
The past Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls successful the State was conducted 2 decades ago.
He said that, arsenic per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, the 2002 elector database volition beryllium utilized arsenic a baseline and the mapping volition beryllium done with the 2025 elector list.
"During the mapping, the voter's name, adjacent of kin, age/date of birth, polling station, ward fig and EPIC details volition beryllium matched. Booth-level officers volition assistance successful this process astatine the tract level, and voters tin verify their details done ECINET portal, Voter Seva Portal, CEO Odisha website and ECINET mobile app,” helium said.
Citizens are requested to cheque their names successful the 2025 and 2002 elector lists and supply the applicable details to the booth-level officers.
If the sanction is not recovered successful the 2002 list, past they tin get it mapped by giving the details of their father/mother. If the sanction of the father/mother is not recovered successful the 2002 elector list, past they tin get it mapped by giving the details of their grandfather/grandmother, helium said.
Mr. Gopalan said that documents oregon Aadhaar cards are not required for this mapping process, and the names volition beryllium registered arsenic per the prescribed process erstwhile the SIR starts.
The CEO appealed to each electors to actively cooperate by verifying details and participating successful the process for a cleaner democracy.
