Overview

• Chief electoral officers from all states and UTs will brief the Commission on ten readiness metrics, including elector counts, roll digitisation, polling-station rationalisation and field staffing and training.
• Officials say the session aims to decide whether to launch a simultaneous countrywide SIR later this year or in early 2026, with some indicating the rollout may follow Supreme Court orders on the Bihar exercise.
• In Bihar’s SIR, around 6.5 million names were deleted and the draft roll stands at about 72.4 million, with final publication due September 30 after a window for claims and objections extended for consideration up to nomination deadlines as directed by the Supreme Court.
• The nationwide model under consideration mirrors Bihar’s rules, with 11 indicative eligibility documents and new declaration requirements on place and date of birth and parental details for certain age cohorts, which the EC says are meant to protect roll integrity.
• Planning discussions point to a one‑month house‑to‑house enumeration, a month for claims and objections, disposal of cases, and publication of final rolls in early January 2026 if a pan‑India SIR proceeds.