SIR Phase III: How to Keep Your Name on the Voter Roll

If you live in one of the sixteen states or three Union Territories now covered by the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Phase III, the single most important p

This is a plain-language guide to what SIR Phase III actually demands, the deadlines that matter, and the concrete steps to make sure you are not collateral damage in the country's

What SIR actually is — and why this one is different

The Election Commission revises electoral rolls every year, but a Special Intensive Revision is a far heavier exercise.

Phase III, announced in mid-May 2026, extends the drive to sixteen states — including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand and Utta