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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission connected Monday ordered a "Special Revision" of electoral rolls successful Assam, with the last elector database scheduled for work connected February 10, 2026. In its instructions to the state’s main electoral officer, the canvass sheet said January 1, 2026 would beryllium the qualifying day for the revision exercise.
Officials said the Special Revision falls betwixt the yearly peculiar summary revision and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful presumption of standard and intensity.Assam main curate Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed the Election Commission’s determination and assured afloat practice from the authorities administration. "The Govt of Assam welcomes the Election Commission of India's determination to undertake a Special Revision of the electoral rolls with 01.01.2026 arsenic the qualifying date," helium posted connected X.
"This volition assistance guarantee clean, updated and close electoral rolls for each eligible citizens. Assam volition widen afloat practice to the @ECISVEEP to implicit the revision successful a transparent and time-bound manner," helium added.
How is Special Revision antithetic from SIR?
According to officials, the Special Revision stands determination betwixt the yearly peculiar summary revision and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.A Special Revision is simply a focused workout aimed astatine updating and correcting the rolls without undertaking a full-scale enumeration.
It is designed to fortify accuracy and code gaps successful the database successful a structured but mean manner. A Special Intensive Revision, however, is simply a acold much rigorous and exhaustive process. It involves deeper verification, aggregate checks, intensive tract enactment and a higher grade of scrutiny, usually deployed erstwhile large corrections oregon cleansing of the rolls are required. The Special Revision ordered for Assam is truthful much extended than a regular summary revision but not arsenic demanding arsenic a afloat SIR."It is successful a mode an upgrade of peculiar summary revision... alternatively of enumeration forms, booth-level officers volition verify electors connected a pre-filled register," a elder functionary explained.According to the schedule, door-to-door verification volition beryllium carried retired from November 22 to December 20. The integrated draught electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected December 27, and the last rotation connected February 10 adjacent year.For tract verification, booth level officers (BLOs) volition beryllium issued a pre-filled registry containing the details of existing electors successful their respective parts for house-to-house verification.
Each household volition service arsenic the basal portion for confirming oregon correcting elector details done nonstop enactment with residents oregon the caput of the family.The canvass sheet clarified that the details of D-Voters (doubtful voters) volition not beryllium included successful the BLO registry arsenic nary verification is required successful their case. D-Voters are individuals flagged for lacking valid citizenship documents nether the Foreigners Act, 1946, and are identified done peculiar tribunals. Although they bash not person elector cards, their particulars, specified arsenic name, property and photograph, volition proceed to beryllium carried guardant to the draught electoral rotation without alteration. Any change, including removal, tin lone beryllium made “upon receipt of an bid from the competent Foreigners' Tribunal oregon an due tribunal of law”, the Commission emphasised.Last month, the EC ordered SIR for Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Puducherry, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.
Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal are acceptable for elections successful 2026. Elections successful Assam are besides owed adjacent year. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar precocious said, "A peculiar bid volition beryllium issued by the Election Commission to clasp SIR successful Assam." He added that "Under the Citizenship Act, determination are abstracted provisions for citizenship successful Assam. Under the supervision of the Supreme Court, the workout of checking citizenship is astir to beryllium completed. The June 24 SIR bid was for the full country. Under specified circumstances, this would not person applied to Assam.
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