New Delhi: The Election Fee of India (ECI) will conduct the second section of Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls throughout 12 States and Union Territories, with the ultimate voter checklist to be revealed on February 7, 2026, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar mentioned on Monday.

Addressing a press convention in New Delhi, CEC Kumar mentioned the train will cowl Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

“The second section of SIR (Particular Intensive Revision) is about to be carried out in 12 States and UTs,” the CEC mentioned.

Following the Supreme Courtroom’s instructions, the ECI has included Aadhaar within the checklist of 12 indicative paperwork, as per its September 9 order referring to the SIR in Bihar.

Explaining the place on Aadhaar, CEC Kumar mentioned, “So far as the Aadhaar Card is worried, the Supreme Courtroom has mentioned that Aadhaar is for use as per the Aadhaar Act. Part 9 of the Aadhaar Act says that Aadhaar won’t be the proof of domicile or citizenship. The Supreme Courtroom has given a number of rulings that Aadhaar shouldn’t be proof of date of start. Holding this in thoughts, the Aadhaar authority issued its notification and even right now, for those who obtain a brand new Aadhaar right now, the Card mentions that it’s neither a proof of date of start nor domicile or citizenship. Aadhaar Card is proof of id and can be utilized for e-signing too.”

He added that the voter lists in these 12 States and UTs can be frozen from midnight. “The voter checklist of all these states the place SIR can be performed can be frozen at 12 am tonight. All voters on that checklist can be given Distinctive Enumeration Types by the BLOs. These Enumeration Types can have all the mandatory particulars from the present voter checklist. After BLOs begin distributing types to present electors, all these whose names are on the Enumeration Types will attempt to match whether or not their names have been on the 2003 voter checklist. If sure, they needn’t submit any extra paperwork,” he mentioned.

“If not their names, however the names of their dad and mom have been on the checklist, then too they needn’t submit any extra paperwork. The voter checklist of the SIR from 2002 to 2004 can be accessible to be seen on http://voters.eci.gov.in by anybody, and so they can do the matching by themselves,” the CEC added.

Drawing on expertise from the primary section of SIR in Bihar, the ECI has additionally determined that the Sales space Degree Officers (BLOs) will go to households as much as 3 times for the matching and linking of types. “If the elector shouldn’t be accessible or there’s a delay in matching and linking, the BLOs will go to the homes a complete of 3 times. Electors also can fill out the types on-line. If their names, or their father’s or mom’s names, weren’t accessible on the 2003 checklist, the ERO will decide eligibility primarily based on the indicative paperwork,” Kumar mentioned.

He added that State Chief Electoral Officers will maintain conferences with political events and temporary them on the SIR course of, and Sales space Degree Brokers of political events can gather 50 signed enumeration types and submit their certification to the BLOs.

To keep away from overcrowding, the Election Fee has determined that no polling sales space can have greater than 1,200 electors, and new polling stations can be created in high-rise buildings, gated colonies, and slum clusters.

“No more than 1200 electors can be on a polling sales space to keep away from crowding. We are going to rationalise 1200 polling stations and open new stations in high-rise buildings, gated colonies or in slum clusters,” the CEC mentioned, including that after ERO’s determination, which implies after publishing the ultimate checklist, any voter or any resident in a constituency can nonetheless attraction to DMs, and also can file their second attraction with the State’s CEO inside 15 days.

CEC Kumar listed migration, voters registered at multiple place, names not deleted after demise, or a international nationwide’s identify being included within the voter checklist as components that led the Election Fee to determine on a phase-wise nationwide SIR.

“Migration, voters registered at multiple place, names not deleted after demise, or a international nationwide’s identify being included within the voter checklist. These are 4 components that led the Election Fee to determine on a phase-wise nationwide SIR. “The SIR is aimed to incorporate each eligible voter within the electoral roll and to take away the ineligible ones,” he mentioned.

Earlier, the ECI held a two-day Convention of CEOs on SIR preparedness on October 22-23 on the India Worldwide Institute for Democracy and Electoral Administration (IIIDEM) in New Delhi, following Gyanesh Kumar’s announcement of a nationwide SIR on October 6.