Itanagar, July 21 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday published its draft electoral rolls following the completion of the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with around 81 per cent of the state’s 8.87 lakh registered electors completing the enumeration process, officials said. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pawan Kumar Sain said electors whose names do not appear in the draft rolls can apply for inclusion during the claims and objections period from July…
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Itanagar, June 25 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen K.T. Parnaik (Retd.) on Thursday emphasised that public participation is crucial for the success of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, saying every citizen has a responsibility to strengthen democratic institutions. Participating in the Special Intensive Revision process, the Governor, along with the First Lady of the state, Anagha Parnaik, filled out their Enumeration Forms at Lok Bhavan in Itanagar on T…
Hyderabad, June 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) launched door-to-door enumeration under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across Telangana on Thursday. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will distribute enumeration forms for one week, beginning Thursday. They will conduct door-to-door visits to distribute the forms. If a house is found locked, the enumeration form will be placed at the doorstep. The collection of duly filled-out enumeration forms will begin after one…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls beginning in the national capital from June 30, Delhi’s Chief Electoral officer Ashok Kumar on Wednesday asserted that political parties are involved at every stage of the process and transparency is maintained with all of them.Talking to IANS, the CEO said: “At the level of the Booth Level Officer (BLO), there are two Booth Level Agents (BLAs), and at the level of the Assistant Returning Officer level, there i…
Chennai, March 26 (IANS) Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for April 23, Thursday marks the final opportunity for eligible citizens in Tamil Nadu to have their names included in the electoral roll. The Election Commission has urged all unregistered voters to utilise this last chance and ensure their participation in the democratic process.The state is set to go to the polls in a single phase, with a total electorate of approximately 5.67 crore voters.In the run-up to the electio…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) One of the special roll observers overseeing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has identified a strange case where the name of a Muslim youth had been linked in “progeny mapping” showing a Hindu senior citizen as his father. This strange family link had come to the notice of one of the special roll observers during the phase of “super checking” of the draft voters’ list, which was published in December last year.This strange family link had been identified durin…
Kochi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Kavaratti, has announced the final publication of the Photo Electoral Rolls for 2026 in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, following a Special Intensive Revision conducted under the directions of the Election Commission of India.The revision exercise, with January 1, 2026, as the qualifying date, was carried out from December 16, 2025, to February 14, 2026. The final rolls were published on Saturday, February 14, after the di…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Two persons were arrested on Wednesday after an irate mob, led by Trinamool Congress MLA from Farakka, Monirul Islam, vandalised the Farakka Block Development Office (BDO) in Murshidabad district and ransacked the chamber of the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO).The vandalism by ruling party workers resulted in the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing of the voter list, which was underway at the BDO office.Following the incident, the BDO, Farakka f…
Panjim, Jan 12 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Monday tried to clear the air on a personal hearing notice issued to former Navy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash and his wife, saying that columns left blank in the Enumeration Form filled by the veteran had triggered the notice for physical verification. The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of Cortalim Assembly constituency in Goa said in a statement that during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Booth Level Offi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 (IANS) The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kerala on Monday dismissed a news report published in a section of media on Sunday that alleged excessive workload on a young female Booth Level Officer (BLO), terming it “misleading” and an “exaggeration” of facts related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.The clarification comes in the wake of a viral news segment which claimed that a female BLO was under sev…