Electoral Reform
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EC revises Maharashtra, Delhi SIR schedule; final voter list to be published on November 4
India | Aug 19, 2026, 11:53 PM ISTThe SIR exercise, which seeks to update and verify electoral rolls through extensive field verification, has seen several timeline revisions due to administrative and logistical requirements.
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Over 43 lakh names deleted from Jharkhand voter list after SIR: What does EC's draft roll show
Jharkhand | Aug 05, 2026, 08:00 PM ISTThe enumeration exercise for the SIR of electoral rolls began on June 30 and continued till July 29, during which BLOs conducted door-to-door visits to distribute, collect, and verify enumeration forms.
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Uttar Pradesh SIR draft electoral roll: How to check your name in voter list?
Uttar Pradesh | Jan 07, 2026, 08:07 AM ISTUttar Pradesh SIR: The primary objective of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is to include eligible voters who are missing from the rolls and also to remove duplicate or ineligible entries.
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Kerala draft electoral list published; over 24 lakh names removed after SIR exercise
India | Dec 23, 2025, 07:48 PM ISTSIR 2.0: The Election Commission today published draft electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision in Kerala. The list was also published for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andaman and Nicobar after the SIR.
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SIR 2.0: How to check if your details are uploaded on the ECI portal? A step-by-step guide
India | Dec 10, 2025, 11:48 PM ISTThe Election Commission of India is conducting the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories. The draft electoral rolls will be published on December 16, and the final voters' list will be out on February 14, 2026.
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Kerala Assembly unanimously passes resolution against SIR of voter list, calls it 'hasty move'
India | Sep 29, 2025, 02:14 PM ISTThe Congress-led UDF opposition, which had already expressed their strong reservations against the SIR, backed the resolution in the House moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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EC prepares for nationwide SIR rollout, asks state poll officers to be ready by September 30
India | Sep 21, 2025, 02:24 PM ISTThe Election Commission has said that after Bihar, SIR will be carried out in the entire country. Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal are due in 2026.
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Keir Starmer-led Labour govt plans to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reform in UK
World | Jul 17, 2025, 10:36 PM ISTAs per reports, the decision is part of a broader initiative to reform voting laws, aiming to increase civic engagement and remove obstacles that prevent people from voting. The government has described the move as an effort to "modernise the country's democracy".
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Exercise is not the problem, it is the timing: Supreme Court on Bihar voters list revision
India | Jul 10, 2025, 02:24 PM ISTThe EC on June 24 issued instructions to carry out an SIR in Bihar, apparently to weed out ineligible names and ensure only eligible citizens are included in the electoral roll.
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France imposes state of emergency after four killed in New Caledonia riots over voting rules | WATCH
World | May 16, 2024, 09:59 AM ISTNew Caledonia is a French overseas territory where riots broke out after lawmakers passed a new bill granting voting rights to French residents above 10 years. The move has sparked concerns of diluting the vote of the indigenous Kanak community, leading to violent riots.
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Hong Kong police arrest 26 amid street clashes
World | Oct 18, 2014, 07:18 AM ISTHong Kong: Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that