Overview

• Chief Electoral Officers may meet political parties before a pan-India Special Intensive Revision, a step not taken in Bihar’s June launch.
• The Election Commission has not set national dates for the SIR and recently convened state CEOs to share Bihar’s strategies and constraints.
• Bihar’s draft rolls saw about 65 lakh deletions marked as deceased, shifted, duplicate or untraceable, and further changes could appear in the final roll.
• Legal challenges to the SIR are before the Supreme Court, with the EC invoking Article 326 and stating eligibility checks do not affect citizenship status.
• Uttar Pradesh says operational preparations are complete, including an online registration portal, door-to-door enumeration via BLOs, BLO app use, and directives for pre-rollout meetings with parties and BLAs.