Preparation for electoral roll revision begins in Delhi ahead of nationwide SIR, 2002 voter list posted for verification

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Delhi has started its preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with officials describing it as a crucial step in safeguarding the integrity of voter lists. On Wednesday, the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi announced that ground-level work is already underway for the “successful conduct” of the exercise.

“For the convenience of the general public, the voter list of the Special Intensive Revision 2002 and mapping of the present Assembly Constituencies with those of 2002 have been uploaded on the website of CEO Delhi,” the statement declared.

The lists can be checked at the website of Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi.

The Delhi CEO further requested people to carefully examine the 2002 rolls. “We urge the public to go through the voter list of 2002 to verify their names and their fathers’ and their mothers’ names in it,” the office said, adding that this would ease the upcoming house-to-house visits by booth-level officers.

These booth-level officers (BLOs), who have been appointed across all assembly constituencies, will soon begin distributing enumeration forms in duplicate. Citizens will be expected to return the forms with necessary documents. Training sessions have already been held for “all Officers concerned – District Election Officers, Electoral Registration Officers, Asstt. Electoral Registration Officers and Booth Level Officers," they said.

The Election Commission of India, according to the Delhi CEO, decided to hold the SIR exercise nationwide “for the discharge of its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of the voter list.”

People who find their names in both the 2002 and 2025 voter rolls will only have to submit the enumeration forms along with an extract of the 2002 voter list. However, if the present elector’s name is missing from the 2002 list but their parents’ names are available, then they must provide one supporting document, an enumeration form, and the relevant 2002 extract for their parents.

The announcement comes at a time when several other states are also engaged in similar preparations. While Bihar is yet to complete the exercise, it expects to issue the final voter list by the end of September. Kerala’s CEO on Monday confirmed that the state would carry out the SIR in advance of its 2026 assembly elections.

Across the country, the effort is gathering momentum. Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Haryana, and West Bengal have either uploaded their previous SIR voter lists or already begun the training of their ground staff.