The upcoming special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and three UTs is going to be as robust and detailed as the first two exercises that were undertaken in Independent India during 1952-56 and 1957 amid massive influx in population, owing to the Partition.

Sources privy to developments said while eight SIR of voters’ lists have been held since Independence, the ninth one, first phase of which was held in Bihar between June and September this year and the second phase will start from November 4 and culminate on February 7, 2026, will be as accurate as the first two held in the 1950s during the tenure of the country’s first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sukumar Sen.

Since the main aim behind conducting SIR is to ensure that the electoral lists are made more r

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