The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, begun in Bihar in June 2025 and extended state by state, with figures, court rulings, party positions and disputed claims as of 12 October 2026.
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On 24 June 2025 the Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered a Special Intensive Revision of the Bihar electoral roll, about four months before the state’s Assembly election, in the term of the NDA government (centre-2024-modi-3). The ECI is a constitutional body under Article 324; its power over rolls derives from Article 324 and, as the Supreme Court later held, section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. The ECI order text was not opened. The 27 May 2026 judgment (opened) distinguishes the SIR’s ‘special revision’ under section 21(3) from ordinary revision under section 21(2) read with rule 25 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960; whether the ECI’s order itself cites rule 25 is not confirmed here.
The SIR differs from the usual annual summary revision. Electors received pre-printed enumeration forms from Booth Level Officers (BLOs), and the roll was rebuilt from those forms. Electors traceable to the previous intensive roll (2003 in Bihar) did not need to submit documents; others were asked for one of eleven listed documents, with a different set of requirements depending on date of birth. The Supreme Court directed on 8 September 2025 that Aadhaar be accepted as proof of identity but not of citizenship (the Observer report describes it as a twelfth document).
Figures appear in the tables above. In Bihar the roll fell from 7.89 crore to about 7.42 crore; Phase 2 and 3 rolls show larger percentage reductions in several States, attributed by the ECI mainly to absent, shifted, dead and duplicate entries.
Petitioners and opposition parties allege exclusion of eligible voters, short timelines and BLO overwork. The ECI says the exercise protects the purity of the roll and that claims and appeals remain open. On 27 May 2026 the Supreme Court upheld the SIR with limits on the ECI’s citizenship inquiry. Proceedings on West Bengal appeals continue, with a hearing listed on 16 October 2026.
Status by phase on 12 October 2026: Bihar complete (final roll 30 September 2025); Phase 2 final rolls published in the listed States and UTs, with West Bengal appeals still before tribunals; Phase 3 under way, with final-roll dates revised in several States (Karnataka and Delhi 27 October; Maharashtra 4 November, reported moved to 16 November; see the schedule table, not verified against ECI orders).
In date order. Each item shows what kind of statement it is, who is the actor, and where it comes from.
ECI orders a Special Intensive Revision of the Bihar roll with 1 July 2025 as the qualifying date; the roll then had about 7.89 crore electors. Enumeration begins 25 June.
Source [1]: Challenge to the ECI's Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar: ADR v. ECI (case tracker with hearing chronology)Supreme Court first hears petitions (lead case: Association for Democratic Reforms v. ECI, W.P. (C) 640 of 2025); the ECI describes the petitioners' fears as speculative.
Source [1]: Challenge to the ECI's Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar: ADR v. ECI (case tracker with hearing chronology)A TDP delegation (an NDA constituent) submits a letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar asking the ECI to define the SIR's scope and state that it is not related to citizenship verification, among other suggestions.
Source [16]: Key BJP ally TDP takes on EC, asks it to define scope of roll revision (16 Jul 2025)Bihar draft roll published: about 7.24 crore electors, about 65 lakh fewer than the 24 June roll.
Source [3]: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Bihar Successfully Completed (ECI final roll release, 30 Sep 2025) (seen in search results, not opened; figures taken from the search summary)Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at a rally in Sitamarhi, says the SIR is necessary to remove infiltrators from the voters' list and that the RJD and Congress oppose it because infiltrators are their vote bank.
Source [13]: Opposing SIR to protect infiltrator vote bank, says Shah (Sitamarhi, 8 Aug 2025)Supreme Court directs the ECI to publish the list of omitted names with reasons.
Source [2]: SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI's power to revise electoral rolls (report on the 27 May 2026 judgment)Rahul Gandhi (INC) and Tejashwi Yadav (RJD) begin the INDIA bloc's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' at Sasaram, Bihar, against the SIR; reports say it ended with a Patna march on 1 September (seen in search results, not opened).
Source [25]: Rahul-Tejashwi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar begins from Sasaram (seen in search results, not opened)Supreme Court directs the ECI to accept Aadhaar as an additional document to establish identity in the Bihar SIR, stating that Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship (order opened).
Source [2]: SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI's power to revise electoral rolls (report on the 27 May 2026 judgment)Source [29]: Order of 8 September 2025, ADR v. Election Commission of India (Aadhaar in the Bihar SIR) (opened)Bihar final roll published: about 7.42 crore electors (3.66 lakh removed from the draft; 21.53 lakh added through Form 6).
Source [3]: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Bihar Successfully Completed (ECI final roll release, 30 Sep 2025) (seen in search results, not opened; figures taken from the search summary)CEC Gyanesh Kumar announces Phase 2 covering 12 States/UTs (UP, Gujarat, MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Goa, Kerala, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep), about 51 crore electors. Announced schedule: draft 9 Dec 2025, claims to 8 Jan 2026, final 7 Feb 2026 (later extended in places).
Source [6]: Second phase of SIR of electoral rolls to cover 12 states and UTsAn all-party meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu CM M. K. Stalin (DMK) resolves to approach the Supreme Court against the SIR in Tamil Nadu (seen in search results, not opened).
Source [26]: Stalin-led all-party meeting to move SC against voters' list revision in Tamil Nadu (seen in search results, not opened)Bihar Assembly results declared (data only, see table).
Source [12]: Bihar Election 2025: NDA wins big (seen in search results, not opened; seat figures from the search summary)West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC Gyanesh Kumar calling the SIR 'chaotic, coercive and dangerous' and asking that it be halted.
Source [20]: Mamata slams SIR as 'chaotic, coercive', urges CEC to stop exercise; BJP, TMC trade barbs (PTI, 20 Nov 2025)In the Lok Sabha debate on electoral reforms, Home Minister Amit Shah says the SIR is meant to 'detect, delete and deport infiltrators'; opposition MPs walk out during his reply.
Source [15]: SIR to detect, delete, deport infiltrators: Shah in LS (10 Dec 2025)Supreme Court reserves judgment after 29 hearing days.
Source [1]: Challenge to the ECI's Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar: ADR v. ECI (case tracker with hearing chronology)West Bengal revised roll published; adjudication of 'under adjudication' cases shifts to judicial officers under Supreme Court directions.
Source [5]: Special Intensive Revision (compiled phase, state and court chronology)West Bengal Assembly results declared (data only, see table).
Source [8]: ISAS Brief on West Bengal result and SIR (seen in search results, not opened)ECI announces Phase 3 (reported as 16 States and 3 UTs, about 36.73 crore electors). Per the announced schedule, house visits in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur ran 30 May-28 June, draft roll 5 July, final roll 6 September.
Source [23]: EC announces SIR Phase-III across 16 States and 3 UTs (schedule table)Supreme Court (CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi) upholds the Bihar SIR as traceable to Article 324 and s.21(3) of the 1950 Act and proportionate, with directions on citizenship-related deletions (judgment opened).
Source [2]: SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI's power to revise electoral rolls (report on the 27 May 2026 judgment)Source [28]: Judgment of 27 May 2026, 2026 INSC 564, ADR v. Election Commission of India (Bihar SIR) (opened; para 186 read)ECI revises the Maharashtra schedule: draft roll 31 August, final roll 4 November instead of 7 October (a later PTI report of 26 September, seen in search results and not opened, says the final roll was moved again to 16 November).
Source [24]: EC revises Maharashtra SIR schedule, final electoral roll deferred to November 4 (19 Aug 2026)PTI reports revised Phase 3 final-roll dates: Karnataka and Delhi 27 October, Telangana 19 October, Odisha 21 September, with 11-day extensions for Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.
Source [22]: SIR Phase 3: states extend deadline for final voter rolls by up to 28 days (PTI, 2 Sep 2026)Final rolls for Manipur and Sikkim reported published (about 6.3% and 11% of electorates left out, per one secondary source).
Source [5]: Special Intensive Revision (compiled phase, state and court chronology)Supreme Court (three judges) says it will hear on 16 October 2026 West Bengal voters' pleas for early disposal of SIR appeals, and for inclusion before November civic elections.
Source [9]: SC seeks priority for inclusion of WB deleted voters (9 Oct 2026)Findings, official statements, data and events are on record. An allegation is a claim that no finding has established; it is marked with a dashed border, a warning triangle and the words "Not established", and always shows its status and any response.
| Claim | Type | Made by | Status | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The SIR is constitutionally and statutorily valid; the ECI may examine citizenship only to decide roll eligibility and must refer doubtful-citizenship cases to the competent authority under the Citizenship Act, 1955. | Finding | Supreme Court of India, judgment of 27 May 2026 | Judgment of 27 May 2026 delivered and opened (2026 INSC 564; CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi). Para 186 holds the exercise traceable to s.21(3) read with Article 324 and proportionate, finds the document regime not arbitrary (with Aadhaar added by the order of 8 September 2025), and says the ECI's citizenship enquiry is limited to electoral eligibility. It directs the ECI to refer within four weeks to the competent authority under the Citizenship Act cases of names deleted from the 2003 roll as non-citizens, the authority to decide preferably before the next Parliamentary, Assembly or local-body election after notice and hearing, with inclusion if found a citizen; persons erroneously deleted as absent, dead, shifted or duplicate may seek judicial review. Secondary reports word some details differently. | Not applicable | [18]: Supreme Court backs Bihar SIR exercise, upholds ECI's powers to purify electoral rolls (27 May 2026 judgment report) [28]: Judgment of 27 May 2026, 2026 INSC 564, ADR v. Election Commission of India (Bihar SIR) (opened; para 186 read) |
| The SIR is needed because of rapid migration, urbanisation, duplicate entries, deaths not recorded and possible inclusion of foreign nationals, and ensures that all eligible citizens are on the roll and no ineligible person is. | Official statement | Election Commission of India (order of 24 June 2025 as reported); ECI stated objective that 'the names of all eligible citizens are included' | Objective confirmed in ECI statement reported by ETV Bharat (opened again: it cites the order of 24 June but not its legal provisions). The specific reasons listed here (migration, urbanisation, duplicates, deaths, foreign nationals) were not confirmed from the order text; eci.gov.in returned an error when opened and the PIB release returned HTTP 403. | Not applicable | [4]: SIR in Bihar implemented in accordance with our order: ECI (reports ECI statement of July 2025: objective, 11 documents, BLO numbers) |
| Not established by a findingThe SIR risks mass disenfranchisement of eligible voters, especially migrants, poor and minority voters, because it requires documents many lack and was held close to the Bihar election. | Allegation | Petitioners including ADR, PUCL, Yogendra Yadav and MPs Mahua Moitra (TMC), Manoj Jha (RJD), K.C. Venugopal (INC), Supriya Sule (NCP-SP) | Heard over 29 days; the Supreme Court upheld the SIR on 27 May 2026 while retaining safeguards (notice, hearing, appeal). The Court had earlier said it would intervene on mass deletions. | ECI told the Court the apprehensions were speculative and that draft-roll, claims and appeal stages protect eligible voters. | [1]: Challenge to the ECI's Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar: ADR v. ECI (case tracker with hearing chronology) |
| Not established by a findingThe ECI has no power to determine citizenship and the document requirements breach Article 326 (universal adult franchise). | Allegation | Petitioners (argued by counsel Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Prashant Bhushan, Vrinda Grover) | Partly accepted: the Court held the ECI may examine citizenship only for roll eligibility, not as a final nationality finding. Argument on Article 326 not upheld. | ECI (counsel Rakesh Dwivedi, Maninder Singh) argued its power under Article 324 and s.21(3) covers the exercise. | [2]: SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI's power to revise electoral rolls (report on the 27 May 2026 judgment) |
| Not established by a finding'Vote chori' (vote theft): the SIR and electoral-roll management help the ruling alliance; the CEC and Election Commissioners should be held to account. | Allegation | Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha (Congress), August-September 2025; at Sasaram on 17 August 2025 he said the BJP is winning by stealing votes and the same is being done in Bihar through the SIR (search-result excerpt, not opened) | Not established by any finding located; no court has ruled on the claim as stated. | CEC Gyanesh Kumar asked Gandhi in August 2025 to submit a signed affidavit within seven days or apologise, and said the SIR aimed to remove shortcomings in the roll and that 'vote chori' language insulted the Constitution (as reported). | [11]: CEC rejects Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' charges, says either give affidavit or apologise (seen in search results, not opened) |
| Not established by a findingElection Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised objections to aspects of the SIR process at least 14 times. | Allegation | Reported by The Indian Express (September 2025), cited by Rahul Gandhi | Unverified: the underlying report was not opened; no ECI statement on it was located. | No response located. | [11]: CEC rejects Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' charges, says either give affidavit or apologise (seen in search results, not opened) |
| Not established by a findingThe SIR is necessary to remove infiltrators from the voters' list; the RJD and Congress oppose it because infiltrators are their vote bank, and infiltrators will be detected, deleted and deported. | Allegation | Amit Shah, Union Home Minister (BJP): Sitamarhi rally, 8 August 2025; Bhuj, 21 November 2025 (called the SIR a 'purification' of the list and the Bihar result a mandate against infiltrators) | Political statements; the Bihar draft deletions were categorised by the ECI as dead, shifted/absent and duplicate, and no ECI breakdown of deletions by citizenship was located. A search-result summary says Tejashwi Yadav cited an ECI affidavit saying no infiltrator had been identified in Bihar; that was not opened or verified. | Reported response from Tejashwi Yadav (RJD): asked Shah to say how many infiltrators were struck off in the Bihar SIR (from a search-result summary, not opened). Rahul Gandhi's and Lalu Prasad Yadav's replies to the specific remarks were not located. The ECI's stated objective is inclusion of all eligible citizens; no ECI response to Shah's remarks was located. | [13]: Opposing SIR to protect infiltrator vote bank, says Shah (Sitamarhi, 8 Aug 2025) |
| Not established by a findingThe SIR is meant to 'detect, delete and deport infiltrators'; detailed revisions were held many times between 1952 and 2004, mostly under Congress governments; opposition raises the voter list only when it loses elections. | Allegation | Amit Shah, Union Home Minister (BJP), Lok Sabha debate on electoral reforms, 10 December 2025 | Not established by a finding. A statement in Parliament by a minister; the 'infiltrator' framing is not in the ECI's stated objective as reported. The Tribune report records that opposition MPs walked out during the reply. | Rahul Gandhi (INC, Leader of Opposition) said after the walkout that the Home Minister's response was defensive and did not answer the points raised; K. C. Venugopal (INC) objected to Shah's remark about Sonia Gandhi. No separate ECI response located. | [15]: SIR to detect, delete, deport infiltrators: Shah in LS (10 Dec 2025) |
| The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls was carried out by following due process of law without prejudice to any group or community. | Official statement | Union Government, written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 30 July (the year is reported as 2026 by the secondary source; ministry not named there), responding to concerns raised by three UN Special Rapporteurs | As reported by Civilsdaily; the reply text was not opened. The report notes the reply did not give the scale of deletions. Earlier, in the 2025 monsoon session, the government was reported (search results, not opened) to hold that the process is the ECI's prerogative. | The UN Special Rapporteurs' letter alleged large-scale deletion of electors and discrimination (as reported); their reaction to the reply was not located. | [19]: Govt on UN rapporteurs' SIR concern: due process followed |
| The ECI should state that the SIR is not related to citizenship verification, presume voters on the last roll to be eligible, put the burden of proof on the registration officer, hold a CAG-led audit and allow more lead time (ideally not within six months of a major election). | Official statement | Telugu Desam Party (NDA constituent): letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar signed by Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and others, 15 July 2025 | Submitted as suggestions after the ECI invited party views; no formal ECI reply reported. ECI sources were reported as saying each suggestion would be examined within the legal framework. | No BJP response reported in the source; a TDP spokesperson was reported (search result summary) as saying there was no link between the SIR and its suggestions. | [16]: Key BJP ally TDP takes on EC, asks it to define scope of roll revision (16 Jul 2025) |
| Not established by a findingThe ECI 'doesn't know Bihar'; the SIR is a 'Tughlaqi farman' that could cause mass deletions and should have had at least six months. | Allegation | Giridhari Yadav, JD(U) MP (NDA constituent), to The Indian Express as quoted by National Herald, July 2025 | Personal view; the MP said he was not stating the party line and no official JD(U) position was reported. Unnamed JD(U) leaders were reported as raising similar concerns. | No ECI or JD(U) leadership response located. | [17]: Fissure in NDA over SIR after TDP, long-time BJP ally JD(U) raises red flag |
| Not established by a findingThe SIR is 'a conspiracy by ECI', rushed so close to the 2026 Assembly election; the ECI should hold it after the polls. | Allegation | M. K. Stalin, Tamil Nadu CM and DMK president, X post of 27 October 2025; all-party meeting he chaired on 2 November 2025 resolved to approach the Supreme Court | Court challenges followed; the Supreme Court upheld the SIR on 27 May 2026. No finding on the 'conspiracy' claim. | BJP's A. N. S. Prasad (Tamil Nadu spokesperson) said the DMK alliance's meeting appeared to shield bogus voters, and K. Annamalai (then Tamil Nadu BJP) pointed to 13 earlier SIR exercises (Organiser, 28 Oct 2025). Stalin's request to hold it after 2026 was reported as not accepted by the ECI. | [21]: Tamil Nadu SIR row intensifies: Stalin calls all-party meet, BJP says DMK fears exposure of bogus voters (28 Oct 2025) |
| Not established by a findingThe SIR is 'chaotic, coercive and dangerous', the ECI's West Bengal office has resorted to intimidation, and the exercise should be halted immediately. | Allegation | Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal CM (AITC), letter to the CEC, 20 November 2025 | Not the subject of a finding; the Supreme Court later directed judicial officers to handle 'under adjudication' cases in West Bengal. | Union minister Sukanta Majumdar (BJP) said, 'No amount of threats, theatrics or falsehoods can stall the SIR', and that she should resign if she cannot accept the process. No ECI response had been reported at the time. | [20]: Mamata slams SIR as 'chaotic, coercive', urges CEC to stop exercise; BJP, TMC trade barbs (PTI, 20 Nov 2025) |
| Not established by a findingBLOs died or suffered extreme stress from the SIR workload; 35-40 BLOs across India were said to have died. | Allegation | Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in a Supreme Court petition (counsel Gopal Sankaranarayanan); West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (AITC) condemned an 'unplanned, relentless workload' after BLO deaths in Bengal | Count not independently verified. The Court asked states to provide additional staff, allowed case-by-case exemptions, and disposed of the petition leaving ex-gratia compensation open. | ECI counsel Maninder Singh opposed the plea; no ECI statement on the cause of deaths was located. | [10]: SC asks states to provide more staff to EC for SIR duty to ease pressure on BLOs (seen in search results, not opened) |
| Not established by a findingIn West Bengal, SIR deletions exceeded the BJP's winning margin in 31 constituencies (counting only 'under adjudication' deletions). | Allegation | All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), in Supreme Court proceedings (as reported) | Not tested by any court; no election petition outcome located. | ECI said the appropriate legal remedy is an election petition. | [9]: SC seeks priority for inclusion of WB deleted voters (9 Oct 2026) |
| Not established by a findingGross SIR deletions exceeded the winning margin in 160 of 294 West Bengal seats; this is arithmetic and not a model of how deleted voters would have voted. | Allegation | Subhasish Dey, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Warwick (The India Forum, 12 June 2026) | Analyst's calculation; the author's own scenarios show different seat outcomes under different assumptions (BJP majority retained in one, TMC majority in another). Other analyses reach different conclusions and were not opened. | The ECI said detailed data is stored separately and may be released later; no ECI rebuttal of the analysis located. | [7]: How the Invisible Maths of Electoral Roll Revision Altered West Bengal's Election (S. Dey) |
| In West Bengal, 93% of appeals decided by the SIR tribunals so far were allowed. | Data | Reported by Deccan Chronicle, 9 October 2026, from the Supreme Court hearing (the share of decided appeals only, not of all appeals) | Reported figure; the number of pending appeals is not given in this report (a lawyer cited 33.5 lakh pending in a July 2026 hearing, per another report seen in search results). | Not applicable | [9]: SC seeks priority for inclusion of WB deleted voters (9 Oct 2026) |
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Rolls had not had an intensive revision for years; the exercise is meant to include every eligible citizen and exclude ineligible entries; documents are asked only of those not traceable to the previous intensive roll; the list of 11 documents was illustrative; claims and appeals remain open after the draft.
Source [4]: SIR in Bihar implemented in accordance with our order: ECI (reports ECI statement of July 2025: objective, 11 documents, BLO numbers)Alleges 'vote chori' and demands the CEC's removal; participated with the RJD in a 9 July 2025 Bihar bandh against the SIR; Venugopal is a petitioner. Rahul Gandhi led the opposition in the 9-10 December 2025 Lok Sabha debate and co-led the Voter Adhikar Yatra with Tejashwi Yadav from 17 August 2025.
Source [11]: CEC rejects Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' charges, says either give affidavit or apologise (seen in search results, not opened)Challenged the SIR in the Supreme Court; party joined the Mahagathbandhan bandh of 9 July 2025. Tejashwi Yadav co-led the Voter Adhikar Yatra (from 17 Aug 2025) and is reported to have asked Amit Shah how many infiltrators the Bihar SIR removed (search-result summary, not opened); his own quoted words were not verified here.
Source [25]: Rahul-Tejashwi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar begins from Sasaram (seen in search results, not opened)Challenged SIR in Court (Moitra; Banerjee's separate petition, notice issued 4 February 2026); criticised BLO workload; wrote to the CEC on 20 November 2025 calling the SIR 'chaotic, coercive and dangerous'; says deletions exceeded BJP margins in 31 seats.
Source [20]: Mamata slams SIR as 'chaotic, coercive', urges CEC to stop exercise; BJP, TMC trade barbs (PTI, 20 Nov 2025)Called the SIR 'a conspiracy by ECI' (27 Oct 2025), asked that it be held after the 2026 Assembly election, and chaired a 2 Nov 2025 all-party meeting that resolved to go to the Supreme Court; allies including Congress, VCK and CPI(M) reported as backing the resolution (search results, not opened).
Source [21]: Tamil Nadu SIR row intensifies: Stalin calls all-party meet, BJP says DMK fears exposure of bogus voters (28 Oct 2025)Bhattacharya joined the Voter Adhikar Yatra launch and its final Patna march (search results, not opened); CPI(M) is reported as backing the DMK-led Tamil Nadu resolution. Direct quotations from either party were not located, so no wording is attributed.
Source [26]: Stalin-led all-party meeting to move SC against voters' list revision in Tamil Nadu (seen in search results, not opened)Says the SIR is necessary to remove infiltrators from the rolls, that the opposition opposes it to protect infiltrator vote banks, and that infiltrators will be detected, deleted and deported (Sitamarhi 8 Aug 2025; Bhuj 21 Nov 2025; Lok Sabha 10 Dec 2025). Says detailed revisions occurred repeatedly between 1952 and 2004.
Source [15]: SIR to detect, delete, deport infiltrators: Shah in LS (10 Dec 2025)Majumdar (20 Nov 2025) said no threats or falsehoods can stall the SIR in West Bengal; Prasad and Annamalai (28 Oct 2025) rejected Stalin's objections as shielding bogus voters and noted earlier SIR exercises.
Source [21]: Tamil Nadu SIR row intensifies: Stalin calls all-party meet, BJP says DMK fears exposure of bogus voters (28 Oct 2025)In a Rajya Sabha reply of 30 July (year as reported: 2026) said the SIR followed due process of law without prejudice to any group or community; earlier reported to say the process is the ECI's prerogative and to decline discussion in the 2025 monsoon session, then agreed to a Lok Sabha debate in December 2025 (the Law Minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal, was previewed as replying; reports of the day describe Shah replying).
Source [19]: Govt on UN rapporteurs' SIR concern: due process followedWrote to the CEC on 15 July 2025 asking that the SIR's scope be defined, that it be stated to be unrelated to citizenship verification, and for audit, lead time and migrant provisions; did not oppose the exercise as such in the letter as reported.
Source [16]: Key BJP ally TDP takes on EC, asks it to define scope of roll revision (16 Jul 2025)No official party position located; MP Giridhari Yadav criticised the timing and process in July 2025 as his personal view. A PTI report dated September 2026 (seen in search results, not opened; page returned HTTP 403) says three NDA allies sought ECI clarification over objections by two poll commissioners; allies not verified here.
Source [27]: Three NDA allies seek election panel's clarification amid SIR row (seen in search results, not opened; HTTP 403)Argued the SIR lacks adequate statutory basis, that the documents list breaches universal adult franchise (Article 326) and that mass exclusion is a risk.
Source [5]: Special Intensive Revision (compiled phase, state and court chronology)Said 'special' denotes a deviation from the standard revision template; analysts noted the 1960 rules do not name a 'Special Intensive Revision'.
Source [5]: Special Intensive Revision (compiled phase, state and court chronology)Upheld the SIR (27 May 2026) and cautioned that citizenship examination by the ECI is limited to roll eligibility and subject to the Citizenship Act authority; noted a 'trust deficit' in West Bengal and put remaining cases before judicial officers and appellate tribunals.
Source [2]: SC greenlights SIR, upholds ECI's power to revise electoral rolls (report on the 27 May 2026 judgment)| Stage | Date | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| Roll before SIR | 24 Jun 2025 | 7.89 crore |
| Draft roll | 1 Aug 2025 | about 7.24 crore (about 65 lakh omitted) |
| Documents received | by late Jul 2025 | 98.2% of electors (ECI, per press release headline) |
| Claims/objections stage | to 25 Sep 2025 | 3.66 lakh removed; 21.53 lakh added via Form 6 |
| Final roll | 30 Sep 2025 | about 7.42 crore (net about 47 lakh below the 24 June roll) |
| State/UT | Before | Final | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 15.44 cr | 13.39 cr | −13.21% |
| West Bengal | 7.66 cr | 6.86 cr | −10.9% |
| Gujarat | 5.08 cr | 4.40 cr | −13.4% |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5.74 cr | 5.39 cr | −5.97% |
| Chhattisgarh | 2.12 cr | 1.87 cr | −11.8% |
| Rajasthan | 5.46 cr | 5.15 cr | −5.7% |
| Tamil Nadu | 6.41 cr | 5.67 cr | −11.5% |
| Kerala | 2.78 cr | 2.69 cr | −3.24% |
| Goa | 11.85 lakh | 10.57 lakh | −10.8% |
| Puducherry | 10.21 lakh | 9.44 lakh | −7.54% |
| Andaman and Nicobar | 3.10 lakh | 2.58 lakh | −16.9% |
| Lakshadweep | 0.57 lakh | 0.57 lakh | −0.36% |
| Category | Lakh |
|---|---|
| Absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (draft stage) | 58.18 |
| Under adjudication (after judicial review) | 27.16 |
| Other draft-roll deletions | 5.46 |
| Additions in final roll, 28 Feb 2026 | 1.88 |
| Further additions reported 18 Apr 2026 (approx.) | 5 |
| State/UT | Excluded | Share % |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 47.7 lakh | 32.78 |
| Telangana | 73.39 lakh | 21.69 |
| Maharashtra | 2.07 crore | 21.14 |
| Karnataka | over 1.07 crore | 19.48 |
| Haryana | 33.83 lakh | 16.38 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 44.89 lakh | 10.8 |
| Odisha | 20.12 lakh | 6.02 |
| Sikkim | 37,724 | 8.01 |
| Manipur | 1.59 lakh | 7.58 |
| State/UT | Announced | Revised |
|---|---|---|
| Odisha | 6 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Manipur, Sikkim, Mizoram | 6 Sep | Manipur and Sikkim reported published 6 Sep (secondary) |
| Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab | 22 Sep (AP, Haryana); 1 Oct (Punjab) | 11-day extensions, dates not stated |
| Telangana | 1 Oct | 19 Oct |
| Karnataka, Delhi | 7 Oct | 27 Oct |
| Maharashtra | 7 Oct | 4 Nov (19 Aug); 16 Nov in a later PTI report not opened |
| Nagaland | 22 Nov | no revision located |
| Tripura | 23 Dec | no revision located |
| Election | Result |
|---|---|
| Bihar, Nov 2025 (243 seats) | NDA 202 (BJP 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19); INDIA bloc 34 (RJD 25, INC 6) |
| West Bengal, May 2026 (294 seats) | BJP 207; AITC 80 |
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