The Election Commission of India (ECI) will begin the enumeration phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union Territories on Tuesday (November 4, 2025).

The SIR exercise will cover close to 51 crore voters in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.

Among these, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, and Puducherry will go to the polls in 2026.

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The first round of the clean-up exercise was carried out in Bihar earlier this year, during which more than 68 lakh names were deleted from the electoral rolls.

The house-to-house enumeration process will

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