Deputy Election Commissioner holds review meeting on SIR in Coimbatore

Bhanu Prakash Yeturu, Deputy Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India, on with Archana Patnaik, Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu, reviewed the advancement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls–2026 astatine a gathering held astatine the Collectorate connected Wednesday.

Collectors from six districts— Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar (Coimbatore), Manish S. Narnaware (Tiruppur), S. Kandasamy (Erode), Durgamoorthi (Namakkal), R. Brindha Devi (Salem) and Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru (Nilgiris)—were present.

During the review, officials briefed the Election Commission connected the presumption of electoral rotation revision enactment successful their respective districts. The discussions focused connected identifying voters who person shifted their spot of residence, deleting ineligible entries, including eligible voters near retired of the rolls, and enrolling caller voters.

The Deputy Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer emphasised the request to re-verify deleted entries and guarantee accuracy successful the electoral rolls portion strictly pursuing the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India.

Preparations for the work of the last electoral rolls successful February 2026 were besides reviewed. Officials were instructed to behaviour peculiar elector facilitation camps connected Saturdays and Sundays arsenic portion of the SIR process.