Key Highlights
- They will not be able to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming state Assembly elections till the 500-odd judicial officers appointed on orders of the Supreme Court review their cases and decide to keep them on the rolls in subsequent supplementary lists.
- Those who are found ineligible on the basis of documents submitted during the SIR will be deleted from the rolls, losing the right to vote.
- This did not happen in the nine states and three Union Territories where the Election Commission has completed the SIR so far.
- Here’s a look at how West Bengal’s electoral roll revision was different and what it means for the rest of the country.
- On June 24, 2025, the Election Commission announced its plan to conduct a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls of the country.
