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The Election Commission of India (ECI) is moving towards the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in a staged manner across the country from next month to address concerns raised against the purity of the voter list, News18 has learnt.

A poll body official said with elections to five assemblies—West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry—scheduled in the initial few months of the upcoming year, the poll body wants to hold the SIR instead of the regular Special Summary Revision (SSR).

The elections for these assemblies were held between March and April in 2021 and the results were declared on May 2. The election in 2026 will have to be completed by May.

The poll body plans to announce the SIR timeline on Monday, covering around 10 states, including the five

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