Days after the Election Commission (EC) extended the deadline for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala by one week following a Supreme Court directive, the panel on Thursday announced a revised schedule for five states and the union territory of Andaman & Nicobar, based on requests from their chief electoral officers (CEOs).

The five states where the SIR timelines have been relaxed are poll-bound Tamil Nadu, as well as Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.

These states were earlier required to complete the extensive exercise by December 16 with the publication of their draft electoral rolls, while the enumeration process was scheduled to end on December 11.

According to the latest EC notification, enumeration will now conclude on D

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