Special Intensive Revision: weekly review meetings planned with recognised political parties in Kerala

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM With the house-to-house enumeration signifier of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elector rolls acceptable to footwear disconnected successful Kerala connected November 4, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan Kelkar said present connected Wednesday that play reappraisal meetings with recognised governmental parties volition beryllium held to measure the advancement of the exercise.

Addressing a gathering with governmental parties present connected Wednesday, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar said that this phase, which would past till December 4 anterior to the work of the draught electoral rolls connected December 9, volition not impact a verification oregon necessitate the voters to furnish documents. During this period, booth-level officers volition administer the pre-printed Enumeration Forms to each voters included connected the voters’ database arsenic of October 27. The verification process and the exclusion of ineligible voters volition commencement aft the work of the draught rolls connected December 9.

The play for hearings and verification volition past from December 9 to January 31, 2026. The last rolls volition beryllium published connected February 7.

Mr. Kelkar said his bureau expected a creaseless SIR process successful Kerala. A desktop workout which matched the 2002 SIR rolls, utilized arsenic the basal rolls, with the 2025 rolls revealed a lucifer of 68%. These voters volition not beryllium required to nutrient immoderate documents.

Mr. Kelkar said the SIR volition spot accent connected including each eligible voters. He urged the governmental parties to delegate capable fig of booth-level agents (BLA) to assistance the process.

Published - October 29, 2025 10:39 p.m. IST

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