SIR 2.0: All about enumeration form, draft roll, appeal against exclusion

The Election Commission connected Tuesday (November 4, 2025) launched the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful 9 States and 3 Union Territories, covering astir 51 crore voters, with booth-level officers distributing enumeration forms to electors.

Here are immoderate often asked questions connected SIR:

Which States are presently being covered nether SIR?

Andamann & Nicobar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh are covered successful the existent signifier of SIR, on with West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala which are going to polls successful 2026.

What happens during the enumeration phase?

The SIR process begins with the enumeration signifier during which the booth level officers (BLO) volition sojourn each household and supply the enumeration form. The signifier volition person the voter’s name, EPIC ID, address, details of Assembly and parliamentary constituencies and their photograph pre-printed. The signifier tin beryllium downloaded from the Election Commission’s website too.

The electorate would necessitate to capable successful details specified arsenic day of birth, mobile number, Aadhaar fig (optional), and details of their parents and spouse, if applicable. A latest passport size photograph should besides beryllium attached with the form.

Most importantly, the electorate volition beryllium asked to found a nexus with past SIR, which was conducted betwixt 2002 and 2005.

The filled-up signifier volition person to beryllium submitted to the BLO, who volition springiness an acknowledgement receipt.

How to find the nexus with the past SIR?

If the voter’s sanction finds its notation successful the past SIR, it tin beryllium accessed successful the website: https://voters.eci.gov.in. The elector has to prime the State, and past hunt by EPIC ID oregon name. The website allows searches by district, Assembly constituency arsenic good arsenic the polling station. The format varies from State to State. For example, Assam’s past SIR details person been uploaded arsenic PDF files, and is disposable successful Assamese. However, successful Tamil Nadu’s lawsuit it redirects to the State voters work portal leafage wherever voters tin hunt by name, oregon from the electoral rolls successful PDF format.

If the elector had not attained the voting property during the past SIR period, oregon if their sanction is missing successful the database for immoderate different reason, they tin notation the details of their household members specified arsenic parents.

What if I person moved to different State since the past SIR?

In that case, the elector tin notation the details from that State you oregon your household were a nonmigratory of erstwhile the SIR past took place. Supposedly, you oregon your household members migrated from Rajasthan to Tamil Nadu aft 2005, and present you/your household are registered voters successful Tamil Nadu, you request to find your/family’s sanction successful the SIR database past happened successful Rajasthan.

How to interaction my BLO?

According to the Election Commission, a BLO should marque 3 attempts to scope the electors. The forms tin beryllium collected by immoderate big subordinate of the family.

The ECINET app and the EC’s website volition springiness the details of the BLO if you hunt with your EPIC no. You tin besides publication a telephone with your BLO.

Can the enumeration forms beryllium filled online?

Yes, the signifier tin beryllium downloaded from the ECI’s website oregon ECINET app and tin the filled-up signifier tin beryllium scanned and uploaded. Visit the elector work portal: https://voters.eci.gov.in. Click connected ‘Fill Enumeration Form’. After entering your mobile number/EPIC, it volition amusement your electoral data, cheque it. To capable the Enumeration Form your EPIC needs to beryllium linked to your mobile number. Your telephone fig tin beryllium linked submitting Form 8 (select “Correction of Entries successful Existing Electoral roll”, past “Mobile Number” enactment lone successful Form 8). Once this is done, you tin capable the signifier aft logging successful again. The signifier tin beryllium submitted done Aadhaar based e-sign but for this spelling of your sanction connected your Aadhaar paper and EPIC should beryllium matched, if ot is not past you person o capable the signifier offline.

Should I taxable immoderate documents astatine the enumeration phase?

Though the SIR mandates voters to supply astatine slightest 1 of the 11 indicative documents arsenic impervious for individuality and address, it is not required astatine the enumeration stage.

What happens aft the enumeration stage?

The ECI would people the draught electoral rotation connected December 9, 2025 aft the enumeration process is over. The elector has to cheque if their sanction appears successful the draught roll, which would typically exclude those who person not submitted their enumeration forms.

The electoral registration officers volition contented a announcement aft the work of the draught rolls to those electors who could not beryllium linked with the erstwhile SIR successful bid to ascertain their eligibility.

What if idiosyncratic has not submitted the enumeration form?

For electors whose enumeration forms person not been returned, the BLO whitethorn ascertain a probable cause, including decease oregon duplication, done inquiries conducted with neighbouring electors and papers these findings.

Since the draught electoral rolls volition lone see the names of those who person submitted the enumeration forms, booth-wise lists of electors whose names person not been included successful the draught rolls volition beryllium displayed connected the announcement committee of the respective Panchayat Bhavan oregon the municipality section assemblage bureau and astatine the offices of the artifact improvement officers.

What documents should beryllium provided erstwhile asked?

ECI has published a database of ‘Indicative (not Exhaustive) Documents’ required for the revision of the draught electoral roll. You tin cheque the database of documents here: Here are the documents needed for SIR.

How to rise a claim, objection oregon appeal?

According to Election Commission, aft work of the draught electoral roll, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) volition scrutinise the eligibility of projected electors successful accordance with the qualification of electors projected nether Article 326 and Section 16 & 19 of Representation of the People Act, 1950 (RPA). They volition commencement a suo moto enquiry and contented announcement to electors who could not link/match their sanction with past SIR.

According the ECI’s notification dated October 27, 2025, the EROs volition notation cases of suspected overseas nationals to the competent authorization nether the Citizenship Act, 1955.

If immoderate electoral wants to entreaty against the determination of Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) connected deletion of their sanction from the draught electoral roll, they indispensable bash it earlier the District Magistrate archetypal past Chief Electoral Officer volition perceive the 2nd entreaty against the determination of DM. Electors tin entreaty for inclusion of their sanction successful the last electoral rotation till January 31.

Can we adhd oregon region names astatine immoderate signifier during the SIR process?

During the enumeration stage, Form 6 tin beryllium obtained from the BLOs to adhd names arsenic a caller voter.

For immoderate wrongful inclusion oregon exclusion of names, immoderate electorate tin rise objection done Form 7.

If immoderate elector wants to displacement their code oregon close the existing introduction oregon privation to beryllium marked arsenic a idiosyncratic with disability, they tin capable up Form 8.

All the forms tin beryllium downloaded from the Election Commission’s website arsenic well.

What astir removal from SIR draught rotation owed to death?

The ECI has claimed non-removal of dormant voters is 1 of the reasons down launching cookware India SIR. Before the SIR commenced successful Bihar, the authorities had 7.89 crore electors. After the exercise, the draught rotation published connected August 1 had 7.24 crore electors, arsenic astir 65 lakh names were removed, including 22 lakh deceased persons. The ECI said aft the cookware India Special Intensive Revision of elector list, the updated elector database volition region each the dormant voters.

The Form 7 of the elector exertion signifier pertains to some inclusion and deletion of names.