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“The Election Commission (EC) volition behaviour a month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Odisha from May 30,” an authoritative said connected Friday (May 15, 2026). “The workout volition proceed till June 28, portion the last electoral rolls aft the revision volition beryllium published connected September 6,” Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha R. S. Gopalan said.
He said grooming of booth-level officers (BLOs) and booth-level agents (BLAs) volition beryllium conducted betwixt May 20 and 29, pursuing which BLOs volition undertake door-to-door verification from May 30 to June 28. He informed that rationalisation of the polling stations volition besides beryllium completed by June 28.
The draught electoral rolls volition beryllium published connected July 5, and claims and objections tin beryllium filed till August 4. “After disposal of the objections, the last electoral rolls volition beryllium published connected September 6,” helium said.
“Currently, Odisha has 38,123 polling booths, and the fig volition summation to 45,255 aft completion of the exercise,” the CEO said. As portion of the revision process, 45,255 BLOs volition behaviour house-to-house verification crossed the State.
“So far, 7 governmental parties person appointed 27,723 BLAs for the exercise,” Mr. Gopalan said. The BLOs volition verify details of existing voters, enrol eligible citizens who person attained 18 years of age, delete names of deceased oregon shifted persons, and rectify errors successful the rolls.
"If anyone is recovered to beryllium an outsider oregon a overseas national, their sanction volition beryllium omitted from the voters’ list," the CEO said. He said errors relating to spelling, age, alteration of sanction and summation of father’s oregon mother’s sanction volition besides beryllium corrected during the exercise. Odisha presently has 3.34 crore voters — 1.68 crore men, 1.65 crore women and 3,090 3rd genders.
