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A week since the organisation of enumeration forms for the 2nd signifier of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful 12 States began, the forms person been distributed to astir 73% voters whose names are contiguous successful existent elector lists, the Election Commission of India (EC) said connected Wednesday.
A full of 37,05,68,109 enumeration forms person been distributed successful the 12 States and Union Territories — Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Goa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Puducherry. The fig of electors arsenic connected October 27, 2025 successful these States stands astatine 50,99,72,687.
The house-to-house enumeration process volition instrumentality spot for a period from November 4 to December 4 and the draught rolls would beryllium published connected December 9. Between December 9 and January 8, the voters tin record claims and objections portion notices would beryllium issued and hearings and verifications would instrumentality spot from December 9 to January 31. The last electoral rolls would beryllium published connected February 7.
Most of these States had conducted their past SIR of voters’ database betwixt 2002 and 2004.
Lakshadweep has topped the database covering each but 1 elector — 57,812 of 57,813 voters oregon astir 100% till 3 p.m. connected Wednesday, portion Goa is simply a adjacent 2nd having covered 99.99% oregon conscionable 119 of 11.85 lakh voters near to beryllium fixed enumeration forms.
Kerala is lagging down different States with lone 49.55% having been covered. The State had notably sought that the SIR process beryllium postponed owed to upcoming section assemblage polls.
West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, which witnessed large-scale demonstrations against the SIR, person covered 88.8% and 78.09% voters respectively, who look successful the rolls arsenic connected October 27. In West Bengal, forms of 6.80 crore of 7.66 crore voters person been distributed portion successful Tamil Nadu, it was 5 crore retired of a full of 6.41 crore.
In Madhya Pradesh, 53.83% of forms person been distributed, portion Chhattisgarh recorded 63.75% sum on with Uttar Pradesh astatine 69.95%.
In Gujarat, 88.08% forms person been distributed, the corresponding figures successful Rajasthan was 70.94%, Puducherry 93.04% and Andaman and Nicobar 89.22%.
The EC said successful a connection that printing of enumeration forms person been completed successful each States but Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
In Madhya Pradesh, 95.54% of enumeration forms person been printed portion successful Rajasthan it was 99.58%, West Bengal 99.75% and Uttar Pradesh 99.99%.
The archetypal signifier of SIR had been conducted successful Bihar and the workout led to the deletion of much than 68 lakh names from the electoral rolls.
