Special Intensive Revision of voter lists will be conducted in completely transparent manner: District Election Officer
Dilbag Singh
Special Intensive Revision of voter lists will be conducted in completely transparent manner: District Election Officer
JALANDHAR 19 MAY
As per the directions of the Election Commission of India, 1926 BLOs have been deployed in the district for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists and this important exercise will be carried out in a completely transparent manner. Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Varjeet Walia, while sharing information in this regard, said that as per the notification issued by the Election Commission of India, Special Intensive Revision of voter lists is being conducted in Punjab. Under this process, BLOs in the district will visit door-to-door from June 25 to July 24, 2026, to get forms filled from voters. He said that for this task, election staff including 1926 BLOs, 189 Supervisors, 9 Electoral Registration Officers and 5 Additional Assistant Electoral Registration Officers have been deployed in the district. He further informed that training of BLOs and other preparatory works related to SIR will be carried out from June 15 to June 24, 2026. The District Election Officer said that the objective of SIR is to include the name of every eligible citizen in the voter list and remove the names of ineligible persons from the list. He said that under SIR, it will be mandatory for every voter in the district to fill the form provided by the BLO. Mr. Walia informed that there are 16,53,835 voters in the district and under SIR mapping, 13,25,463 voters have already been mapped with the 2003 voter list, which accounts for around 80.14 percent. He said that the draft voter list will be published on July 31, 2026 and claims and objections will be accepted till August 30, 2026. He further said that disposal of claims and objections will be completed by September 28, 2026, and the final publication of the voter list will be made on October 1, 2026. He also informed that rationalization of polling stations under the Special Intensive Revision will be completed by July 24, 2026. The District Election Officer appealed to all voters of the district to extend full cooperation to BLOs during the SIR being conducted by the Election Commission of India.
