The Election Commission on Monday announced that a special intensive revision of voter rolls will be carried out in 12 states and Union Territories.

The exercise will cover Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said at a press conference.

Polls are scheduled for Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry next year.

Kumar said a separate order will be issued later for Assam, as the Citizenship Act has separate provisions for the state.

The chief election commissioner also said that Aadhaar cards can be used only for identification. He added that enumeration forms will be pre-filled with already available detail

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