The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday (October 27) announced that the nationwide special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls will commence with 12 states and union territories in what it termed as the “second phase” of the exercise that first began in Bihar in June and ended last month.
The SIR will be conducted in Goa, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep. It will start from November 4 and the draft roll will be published on December 9. The final electoral rolls will be published on February 7.
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