The Election Commission, led by CEC Gyanesh Kumar, said the SIR schedule for Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be announced later.
The Election Commission on Thursday announced the schedule for the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), covering 16 states and three Union Territories starting from May 30 in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur.
“The schedule of SIR Phase-III has been fixed keeping in view the common field machinery with the ongoing house listing of Census. With this, the SIR of Electoral Rolls will cover the entire country in Phase-III except Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. After considering the completion of Phase-II of the Census in these three State/UTs and due consideration of the weather in the upper reaches/ snow bound areas, SIR schedule for these three State/UTs will be announced later,” the EC said in a statement.
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The one-month house-to-house visits by the Booth Level Officers will start from May 30 in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu from June 4; Uttarakhand from June 8; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and Chandigarh from June 15; Telangana and Punjab from June 25; Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi from June 30; Nagaland from August 16; and Tripura from September 15.
“During SIR Phase-III over 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will go house-to-house to 36.73 crore electors assisted by 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties during the Enumeration Phase…SIR is a participative exercise involving all stakeholders including electors, political parties and election officials. ECI requests all political parties to appoint BLAs for each Polling Booth, in order to ensure full participation of political parties so that SIR is conducted with complete transparency and full participation of political parties,” the EC said.
