SIR Phase-3 in 16 states & 3 UTs, including Delhi

NEW DELHI: Election Commission connected Thursday announced Phase-3 of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, to beryllium conducted crossed 16 states and 3 Union territories (UTs), including NCT of Delhi, betwixt May and Dec.

SIR-3, which volition verify eligibility of a full 36.7 crore electors, volition beryllium carried retired successful a phased mode crossed Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Nagaland and Tripura. It volition besides see the UTs of Delhi, Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DNH & DD). The docket for SIR Phase-3 has been drawn up by EC keeping successful caput the Census 2027 docket and the communal tract machinery progressive successful SIR and the ongoing houselisting signifier of Census, committee said connected Thursday.

EC sources told TOI that determination shall beryllium nary alteration successful methodology for SIR Phase-3; rules and instructions stay the aforesaid arsenic those followed successful SIR Phase-2 that had covered 12 states and UTs. SIR Phase-2 had seen nett deletions of 10.2% electors crossed the 12 states/UTs, bringing down their combined electorate to 45.8 crore from astir 51 crore astatine commencement of SIR.Andaman and Nicobar saw highest percent of nett purification of electors astatine 16.6%, followed by UP (13.2%), Gujarat (13.1%), Chhattisgarh (11.3%), West Bengal (10.9%), Tamil Nadu (10.6%).

During SIR Phase-3, implicit 3.9 lakh BLOs volition scope retired to 36.7 crore electors done house-to-house visits. BLOs volition beryllium assisted by 3.4 lakh BLAs appointed by governmental parties during the enumeration phase. The qualifying day for SIR successful Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur, DNH & DD, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh volition beryllium July 1. Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Delhi, Nagaland and Tripura volition person Oct 1 arsenic the qualifying date.Enumeration play volition beryllium antithetic for antithetic sets of states/UTs and volition widen from May 30 to Oct 14. The last rolls for Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur are owed to beryllium published connected Sept 6, that for DNH & DD connected Sept 11, and for Uttarakhand connected Sept 15. The owed day for last work of rolls is Sept 22 successful Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh; Oct 1 successful Telangana and Punjab; Oct 7 successful Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi; Nov 22 successful Nagaland; and Dec 23 successful Tripura.