SIR Phase 2: Full List of States, UTs Where Voter Roll Revision Will Begin From Tomorrow

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced that phase 2 of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) will be conducted in 12 States and UTs adding that electoral roll in these regions

will be freezed from midnight.According to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, the phase 2 of the SIR will begin from tomorrow in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Lakshadweep.

Addressing a presser, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said that the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) is the ninth such exercise since Independence, with the last one happening in 2002-04.Kumar said the first phase of the SIR was completed in Bihar with zero appeals."The second phase will be conducted in 12 states and Union Territories. SIR will ensure no eligible elector is left out and no ineligible elector is included in poll rolls," CEC Kumar said.

SIR 2.0 To Cover 12 States and UTs, 51 Crore Voters

The Election Commission today informed that the phase two of SIR will cover 51 crore voters.While the enumeration process will begin on November 4, the draft rolls will be published on December 9 and final electoral rolls on February 7, the poll body said.The website of the Delhi CEO has the 2008 voter list when the last intensive revision took place in the national capital.In Uttarakhand, the last SIR took place in 2006, and that year's electoral roll is now available on the state CEO website.The last SIR in states will serve as the cut-off date, just as the 2003 voter list of Bihar was used by the EC for intensive revision.Most states had the last SIR of the voter list between 2002 and 2004, and they have nearly completed the mapping of current electors according to the last SIR held in their respective states.The primary aim of the SIR is to weed out foreign illegal migrants by checking their place of birth.The move assumes significance in the wake of a crackdown in various states on illegal migrants, including those from Bangladesh and Myanmar.With inputs from PTI