Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, to ensure that there is no intervention by booth-level agents (BLAs) or representatives of any political party during the ongoing hearing sessions on the draft voters’ list in the state.The hearings are part of the second stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.The ECI’s direction came in the wake of recent i…
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Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) In a move aimed at strengthening electoral participation and ensuring greater accuracy in the voters’ list, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced detailed guidelines for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Tamil Nadu. The revision process, which began following the publication of the draft electoral roll, will remain open for claims and objections from December 19, 2025, to January 18, 2026.According to the Chief Electoral Of…
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) As preparations intensify for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun the process of issuing notices to over 12 lakh voters across the state, seeking additional documents to verify their eligibility.The move is part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision(SIR) of the electoral rolls aimed at ensuring accuracy and transparency. According to officials, the draft electoral roll was published on December 19 after the compl…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) With the conclusion of the first stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, which was the enumeration phase, the second stage of the exercise will start on Saturday with the beginning of the hearing sessions on the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in the state, which was published on December 16.Each table of the hearing session will be conducted by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), who will be assisted by one Assistant…
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed a two-level verification to confirm the authenticity of the supporting identity documents of voters during the hearing session on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list starting from December 27.The “unmapped” voters, who are the ones not having any link with the 2002 voters’ list either through “self mapping” or through “progeny mapping”, will be summoned for hearing sessions. They will have to f…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) Each Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) will daily handle 150 cases of hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal from Saturday, as per the target set by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The daily target had been fixed keeping in mind the schedule of the second and third stages of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal so that the hearing session could be concluded within a reasonable period facilitating the pr…