EC lists documents for voter roll update in 9 states and 3 UTs, check what's required
The CEC further clarified that in Assam, where polls are also due in 2026, the revision of electoral rolls will be announced separately.
The Election Commission on Monday listed out documents required for voter roll revision as it announced phase two of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the state and and Union Territories where the SIR will be conducted include Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal will go to the polls in 2026.
The CEC further clarified that in Assam, where polls are also due in 2026, the revision of electoral rolls will be announced separately.
List of documents required for SIR
In the meantime, the EC announced list of documents that are required for the second phase of the SIR. Check full list here:
- Any Identity card/Pension Payment Order Issued to regular employee/pensioner of any Central Govt./State Govt./PSU.
- Any Identity Card/Certificate/Document issued in India by Government/local authorities/Banks/Post Office/LIC/PSUs prior to 01.07.1987.
- BirthCertificate issued by the competent authority.
- Passport
- Matriculation/Educational certificate issued by recognised Boards/universities
- Permanent Residence certificate issued by competent State authority
- Forest Right Certificate
- OBC/SC/ST or any caste certificate issued by the Competent authority
- National Register of Citizens (whereverit exists)
- Family Register,prepared by State/Local authorities.
- Anyland/house allotment certificate by Government
- For Aadhaar,Commission's directions issued vide letter No. 2312025-ERS/Vol.ll dated 09.09.2025 shallapply.
The CEC further added that the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) is the ninth such exercise since Independence, with the last one happening in 2002-04.
SIR will ensure no eligible elector is left out: EC
He highlighted that 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," Kumar said at a press conference.
Phase two of SIR will cover 51 crore voters
"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," he added.
The voters' list cleanup exercise has been concluded in Bihar, with the final list of nearly 7.42 crore electors published on September 30. Polling in the state will be held in two phases -- on November 6 and November 11 -- and the counting of votes will take place on November 14.
The Election Commission has already held two conferences with state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to firm up the SIR rollout roadmap. Several CEOs have already put the voter lists after their last SIR on their websites.
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.
What is the main objective of SIR?
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.
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