SIR 2026 revisions reach Delhi, Maharashtra, and more: All you need to know

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is the Election Commission's nationwide voter verification exercise aimed at ensuring accurate electoral rolls. Here's what the exercise involves and why it matters.

Election officials interact with citizens during the SIR voter verification drive.

SIR begins in Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra and more. (Photo: X/ECI)

1 min readJun 30, 2026 06:54 PM IST First published on: Jun 30, 2026 at 06:54 PM IST

On Tuesday, June 30, the Election Commission of India (ECI) began the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Delhi.

The SIR is a nationwide exercise aimed at improving the accuracy of electoral rolls by verifying voter records through house-to-house enumeration, pre-filled forms, and cross-checking of existing data. The exercise seeks to remove the names of deceased voters, those who have permanently moved, duplicate entries, and non-citizens, while ensuring that all eligible citizens who are missing from the rolls are included.

The initiative was announced on October 27, 2025, by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi and has since been rolled out in phases across the country.