ECI asks 18 States, 4 UTs to prepare for next phase of SIR expected in April

The Election Commission connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) asked 18 States, 4 UTs to implicit preparatory enactment related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) astatine the earliest arsenic the workout is "expected to commencement from April".

Once the workout is completed, each States and UTs volition beryllium covered.

In a missive to the main electoral officers of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Daman and Diu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Telangana and Uttarakhand, the canvass authorization said pan-India SIR of voters' database was ordered successful June past year.

In Bihar, the SIR workout was completed and is ongoing successful 9 States and 3 UTs.

In Assam, a 'special revision', alternatively of SIR, was completed connected February 10.