Collector chairs meeting on SIR of electoral roll

With the Election Commission of India (ECI) proposing to motorboat the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Tamil Nadu, District Collector K. Elambahavath chaired a gathering with the representatives of recognised governmental parties astatine the Collectorate connected Tuesday.

Addressing the meeting, Mr. Elambahavath said the SIR, which was taken-up successful January 2002 successful the past occasion, would beryllium conducted to update the electoral rolls with January 1, 2026 arsenic the qualifying date. As per the electoral rotation released successful April 2002 aft the ‘SIR 2002’, the territory had 12,84,039 voters and the territory present has 14,90,657 voters arsenic connected October 27, 2025.

The district’s elaborate electoral rotation tin beryllium accessed via https://www.elections.tn.gov.in and https://thoothukudi.nic.in

The polling presumption officers, arsenic portion of SIR, would sojourn each location to usher voters connected filling-up the forms successful 2 copies. If a location had been locked, the forms would beryllium dropped successful the house, and the polling booth serviceman would sojourn the location astatine slightest thrice to cod the filled-in forms.

“The voters request not taxable immoderate papers on with the filled-in forms during SIR. If the sanction of immoderate elector has not been linked to the SIR list, helium oregon she volition person to taxable self-attested documents notified by the ECI to the Electoral Registration Officer. The Polling Station Officer volition travel again to cod the filled-in forms from the voters. While the Officer would cod the 1 of the 2 copies from the voter, acknowledgement for receiving the filled-in transcript with colour photograph of the elector would beryllium fixed to the elector successful the 2nd copy. The draught electoral rotation volition beryllium released based connected the accusation collected from the electorate. After receiving objections oregon corrections, if any, from the aggrieved voters, the last electoral rotation volition beryllium released,” Mr. Elambahavath said.

The Collector informed that the territory would person 1,864 booths arsenic each booth would person a maximum of 1,200 voters.

“The unit to beryllium progressive successful SIR person been instructed to implicit this workout successful a just mode and without harassing anyone, particularly the elder citizens, differently-abled, marginalised etc.,” Mr. Elambahavath said.

Corporation Commissioner C. Priyanka, District Revenue Officer A. Ravichandran, Sub-Collector, Kovilpatti, Himanshu Mangal, Revenue Divisional Officer M. Prabhu of Thoothukudi and Gowtham of Tiruchendur and representatives of recognised governmental parties were present.