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The voter revision exercise in Uttar Pradesh has been granted an extra 14 days as authorities seek error free verification, complete mapping based checks and prepare a clean, updated roll ahead of the 2026 final list release.
UP SIR deadline extended to 25 December.
Lucknow: The voter revision exercise in Uttar Pradesh has taken an interesting turn as the Election Commission approved another 14 day extension for the Special Intensive Revision. The process, which allows citizens to add their names, request corrections or remove outdated entries, will now continue until 25 December. Earlier, the deadline was 11 December, and this itself followed a previous week long extension granted at the beginning of the month. With the revised timeline, officials are working toward publishing the final voter list on 14 February 2026, keeping the focus firmly on error free electoral rolls.
The Special Intensive Revision is a detailed voter verification programme conducted periodically to clean and update electoral lists. It allows new voters aged 18 and above to be added and enables the removal of entries belonging to deceased persons or those who have migrated. It also corrects spelling or address mistakes that may lead to confusion during elections. Booth Level Officers visit homes, collect information and guide citizens in filling the required forms. Designed as a deep audit of electoral data, the exercise ensures that rolls are accurate, authentic and fair to the electorate.
The SIR model first took shape in Bihar where the updated list now includes 7.42 crore registered voters. With its success there, the programme expanded into a total of twelve states with a combined voter base of nearly 51 crore. The scale of the exercise demands substantial manpower, which has brought in more than five lakh Booth Level Officers and over seven lakh Booth Level Agents from various political parties to assist in verification, monitoring and document collection.
During the exercise, voters receive verification forms that must be checked for accuracy. If a voter finds their name written twice or listed in two different locations, one entry must be removed. If a name is missing entirely, the individual needs to fill a fresh form and attach the correct documents. Accepted proof includes pensioner identity cards, government employee cards, birth certificates, passports, academic certificates, residence documents, caste certificates, land allotment letters and Aadhaar, though Aadhaar serves only as identity proof and not as evidence of citizenship.
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The Election Commission noted that all revisions done between 1951 and 2004 are complete, but the last two decades still contain gaps. With migration across districts, duplication of voter names, instances of deceased persons continuing to appear on rolls and occasional accidental inclusion of foreign nationals, the updated revision aims to eliminate inaccuracies. The Commission wants every eligible citizen to be counted and every ineligible entry removed, restoring complete credibility to the electoral process.
Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa shared that more than 99 per cent of the overall work has been completed. Records for all 15.44 crore voters in the state have been updated, and eighty per cent have submitted their enumeration forms. Based on these submissions, a draft electoral roll is under preparation. Voters have now been placed into groups such as deceased, shifted, duplicate and others. More than 18 per cent, around 2.91 crore entries, fall into the unavailable or unknown category and may be removed after further verification.
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The decision to extend the timeline came from the need for a new layer of verification that uses mapping techniques. For the first time, voter identities are being matched with earlier rolls as well as their parents or grandparents’ entries to ensure continuity and authenticity. Meetings with Booth Level Officers and party booth agents are taking place in every polling station to record reasons for missing names. Over seventy five per cent of the mapping work is finished and is expected to reach ninety per cent shortly.
More than thirteen crore people have already submitted forms and their digital records have been created. A massive network of over five lakh Booth Level Agents is active in the field to ensure that no eligible voter gets left out. Digitisation of more than twelve crore voter records has been completed, and once verification of the nearly three crore questionable entries is finalised, the draft list will be released for objections. The strengthening of checks, the enhanced timelines and the layered verification approach all point toward the most extensive and meticulous revision undertaken in the state so far.
