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Enumeration forms person been distributed to much than 91% of radical whose names are included successful the existent elector lists of the 12 States and Union Territories wherever the second signifier of the peculiar intensive revision of electoral rolls is underway, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said connected Friday (November 14, 2025).
The house-to-house enumeration process is presently ongoing, from November 4 to December 4, and the draught rolls volition beryllium published connected December 9. After that, the claims and objections model volition beryllium unfastened till January 8. Poll officials volition contented notices, clasp hearings, and behaviour verification procedures from December 9 to January 31. The last electoral rolls volition past beryllium published connected February 7.
In astir of these States, the past SIR of the elector database was done betwixt 2002 and 2004.
Kerala lags behind
A full of 46,50,81,981 enumeration forms person been distributed successful these 12 States and UTs: Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakhswadweep, and Puducherry. As connected October 27, 2025, determination were 50,99,72,687 electors connected the rolls successful these States and UTs.
Opinion: The infirmities successful the SIR of electoral rolls
Lakshadweep and Goa person covered astir 100% of their existing registered voters, portion Kerala is lagging down different States with conscionable 75% coverage. The State authorities had asked for a postponement of the SIR process owed to upcoming section assemblage polls.
West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, which witnessed large-scale demonstrations against the SIR, person covered 96.7 % and 87.7% of their voters, respectively.
Gujarat has completed 97.4% of the distribution, followed by Rajasthan (95.1%), Puducherry (93.6%), and Madhya Pradesh (93%), Uttar Pradesh (89%), and Chhattisgarh (88.2%). The UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands person distributed forms to 96.9% of its registered voters.
The archetypal signifier of the SIR was conducted successful Bihar, and led to the deletion of much than 68 lakh names from the State’s electoral rolls.
