Election Commission to conduct annual revision of electoral rolls in states where SIR is over

The Election Commission (EC) announced on Thursday that it will conduct the annual Special Summary Revision (SSR) in 13 states and three Union Territories where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has been completed. Assam will not conduct SIR, and the EC decided not to conduct SSR there as well. The EC informed the Chief Electoral Officers of various states and Union Territories that the SSR would be conducted with a qualifying date of January 1, 2027, and would begin from November.

The draft rolls will be published on November 12, and claims and objections will be invited until December 11. The final rolls will be published on January 4, 2027. The EC plans to use software that flags "demographically similar entries and photographically similar entries" (DSE/PSE) during SSR, a practice it had not used during SIR.

The EC will retain confirmed cases of DSE/PSE, permanently shifted, and deceased electors only after receiving Form 7 from the elector or a near relative/family member in case of a deceased person.