SIR exercise in Telangana: House‑to‑house voter enumeration from June 25 to July 24

The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for SIR Phase III across 16 States and three Union Territories, including Telangana. House‑to‑house enumeration will be conducted from June 25 to July 24, with draft rolls published on July 31 and final rolls on October 10.

Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India has directed the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Phase III in 16 States and three Union Territories (UTs), including Telangana.

The enumeration period (house to house visit by BLOs) will be taken up from June 25 to July 24 this year. The rationalisation of polling stations will be completed by July 24 and the draft electoral rolls would be published on July 31.

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Claims and objections would be processed from July 31 to August 30. The decision on enumeration forms and disposal of claims and objections would be done by the EROs from July 31 to September 28. The final electoral roll will be published on October 10.

The schedule of SIR Phase-III has been fixed keeping in view the common field machinery with the ongoing house listing of Census. 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 requested all political parties to appoint BLAs for each Polling Booth, in order to ensure full participation of political parties to ensure that SIR is conducted with complete transparency.