Special Intensive Revision

Timeline

1. 4 Oct2026
   Polity

   Uttarakhand final electoral roll after SIR has 71.59 lakh voters¹²

   Uttarakhand published its final electoral roll on 3 October 2026 after the Special Intensive Revision, listing 71,58,949 voters. That is about 8 lakh below the roll at the start of the exercise, a drop Congress puts at nearly 14 lakh using an older baseline.

   • Final roll published 3 October 2026 with 71,58,949 voters
   • Roll was about 79.6 lakh when the SIR began on 8 June 2026 (CEO office figure)
   • Draft roll of 14 July had about 71.33 lakh voters
   • Qualifying date 1 July 2026
   • Congress cites 85.19 lakh as of 1 January 2025, claiming a fall of nearly 14 lakh
2. 23 Aug2026
   Polity

   Karnataka SIR flags 16.38 lakh deceased electors; 1.08 crore in ASDDO list³⁴⁵

   Karnataka's SIR enumeration closed with 1.08 crore electors (19.54%) in the ASDDO category, including 16.38 lakh dead, 65.61 lakh shifted and 15.28 lakh absent; the draft roll was published on 24 August with claims and objections until 23 September.

   • ASDDO: about 1.08 crore (1,08,31,945), 19.54%
   • Shifted 65.61 lakh; dead 16.38 lakh; absent or untraceable 15.28 lakh
   • ASDDO does not mean permanent deletion, the CEO said
   • Draft roll published 24 August 2026; claims and objections to 23 September
   • Dead count varies slightly by date (16.37 to 16.40 lakh)
3. 27 May2026
   Supreme Court

   Supreme Court upholds Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of rolls⁶⁷

   A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi upheld the validity of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar on 27 May, saying the Commission has power under Article 324. It said the ECI can examine citizenship for roll inclusion but not decide it finally.

   • Supreme Court on 27 May 2026 upheld the Election Commission's power to conduct the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls (bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi)
   • Power drawn from Article 324 read with the Representation of the People Act 1950
   • ECI may examine citizenship for roll inclusion but this is not a final determination of citizenship
   • Verdict had been reserved on 29 January 2026

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Sources

1. ThePrint
2. The Hans India
3. The Week
4. Outlook India
5. Free Press Journal
6. The South First
7. Deccan Chronicle