Special Intensive Revision 2025: Starting November 4, voters in 12 States and Union Territories — roughly half of India’s nearly 1 billion registered electors — will have to fill out a fresh enumeration form as part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR). To stay on the electoral roll, they must trace their names, or those of their parents or relatives, to an electoral roll from the last intensive revision held about two decades ago. Those unable to do so will be required to submit documents to prove their eligibility.
So, if you are a registered voter in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil NaduUttar Pradesh, or West Bengal, here’s what you need to do over the next three months to make sure your name stays on the electoral roll:
Step 1: Get your form
Between November 4 and December 4, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of the Election Commission will visit homes (up to three times if needed) to distribute pre-printed enumeration forms. Every registered voter currently on the electoral roll in these 12 States and Union Territories must fill and submit this form to ensure their name appears in the draft electoral roll to be published on December 9.
When the BLO visits, you will receive a pre-filled enumeration form that already carries your name, EPIC number, address, Assembly constituency, part and serial number, and existing photograph. If your BLO hasn’t come by yet, you can take the initiative. Visit voters.eci.gov.in and search using your Elector’s Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number to see who your BLO is and get the contact number listed.
If you still don’t hear from the BLO or prefer not to wait, you can download and fill your pre-filled enumeration form directly on voters.eci.gov.in or through the ECINet app.
Step 2: Check and fill in your details
Your enumeration form will already have some of your information printed, such as your name, EPIC number, address, Assembly constituency, and photograph. Check these details carefully. Then fill in the missing fields: your date of birth, parents’ names and EPIC numbers (if available), mobile number, and Aadhaar number (optional). You can also attach a new photograph if you wish.
For this Special Intensive Revision across 12 States and Union Territories, the Election Commission has added a new section to the enumeration form. It asks you to trace your name, or a parent’s or relative’s name, in the electoral roll from the last intensive revision, which took place between 2002 and 2005 (the exact year varies by state). You can access these electoral rolls through the EC’s all-India database of past SIR exercises on voters.eci.gov.in.
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Here’s how it works: suppose you live and vote in Ahmedabad. Log in to voters.eci.gov.in to find Gujarat’s electoral roll published with reference date January 1, 2002 (the year of its last intensive revision). Locate your name there and note down the Assembly seat name, part number, and serial number. Then fill in these details in your enumeration form. Ideally, you should look up these details in advance on voters.eci.gov.in, so that when the BLO arrives, you aren’t scrambling to find the information.
If you now live in Ahmedabad but recently moved there from, say, West Bengal, you should search for your name in West Bengal’s old electoral roll published with reference date January 1, 2002, and fill in those details in your form.
If you cannot find your own name in the past SIR rolls of any state (or you weren’t registered as a voter at that time), look for the name of a parent or close relative instead. As long as you can trace your or a family member’s name (an uncle, aunt, or anyone of the same generation) in the electoral roll of any State or Union Territory from the last intensive revision, you only need to fill in those details. You will not have to submit any documents at this stage; the Commission has made that very clear.
Step 3: Submit the form (offline to BLO / online on the portal)
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Once you’ve filled in all the details and established your link to an old roll, sign and submit the form, either hand it over to your Booth Level Officer (BLO) when they visit, or submit it online through voters.eci.gov.in.
The BLOs are supposed to collect one copy of the form from the elector and give another copy of the form as an acknowledgement of receipt to the elector. If you’ve submitted the form online, take a screenshot or save the acknowledgement for your records. When your BLO visits, you can inform them that you’ve already completed the process online.
The enumeration form also allows any adult member of the household to sign on behalf of other family members. For instance, if your child or another family member is away, another adult member of the family can fill in their details and sign for them.
Step 4: Keep your documents ready (only if you couldn’t link to an old roll)
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This step applies only to voters who couldn’t trace their own name — or that of a parent or relative — in any of the electoral rolls from the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR). If you have already submitted your form but left the “past SIR” fields blank, be prepared to show documents that prove your eligibility to remain on the electoral roll. You will be asked to produce these after the draft roll is published on December 9.
Keep one or more of the following documents ready:
1. Any identity card/pension payment order issued to a regular employee/pensioner of any Central Government/State Government/Public Sector Undertaking
2. Any identity card/certificate/document issued in India by the Government/local authorities/banks/post office/LIC/PSUs prior to 01.07.1987.
3. Birth certificate issued by the competent authority.
4. Passport
5. Matriculation/educational certificate issued by recognised Boards/universities
6. Permanent residence certificate issued by the competent State authority
7. Forest Right Certificate
8. OBC/SC/ST or any caste certificate issued by the Competent Authority
9. National Register of Citizens (wherever it exists)
10. Family register, prepared by State/Local authorities.
11. Any land/house allotment certificate by the Government.
12. Extract of the electoral roll of Bihar SIR with reference to 01.07.2025
13. Aadhaar (Only as a proof of identity and not citizenship.)
For those born in India before July 1, 1987, the EC requires a document proving date and/or place of birth from the list above. For those born between July 1, 1987, and December 2, 2004, the EC requires a document for the elector and one parent. For those born after December 2, 2004, the EC requires documents for the elector and both parents. These categories follow the requirements under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
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The list above is indicative, not exhaustive. The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) — usually a sub-divisional magistrate who is senior to the BLO — may ask for additional documents if not satisfied about your age (you must be above 18 years) or citizenship (only Indian citizens are eligible to vote).
Most importantly, Aadhaar alone is not enough. It is the only document in the list that, by itself, will not suffice to prove eligibility, the EC has said. It must be accompanied by another document from the list that establishes your age and citizenship.
Step 5: Check the draft electoral roll on Dec 9 and respond if you get a notice
The draft electoral rolls will be published on December 9. Check carefully to see if your name appears. The Election Commission has said that every voter who has submitted the enumeration form should figure in the draft roll. If you have submitted your form but your name is missing or your details are incorrect, you can file a claim or objection between December 9 and January 8, 2026, to have your information corrected or your name re-included.
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Between December 9 and January 31, all voters who could not trace their own or their family’s name in an old SIR electoral roll will receive a notice from their Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) asking for documents to prove eligibility, including proof of citizenship. Even if your name appears in the draft roll, but you had left the “past SIR roll” fields blank while submitting the form, you will still get such a notice. That’s when the documents you kept ready (see Step 4) will come in handy.
Step 6: Confirm your name on the final electoral roll published on Feb 7, 2026
For whatever reason, if your name is deleted from the roll, you can appeal the decision with the District Magistrate within 15 days of the final roll being published. If your first appeal fails, you can submit the second appeal with the Chief Electoral Officer of your state in the next 15 days.
KEY DATES for Special Intensive Revision
Enumeration (house-to-house forms): Nov 4 – Dec 4, 2025
Draft electoral rolls published: Dec 9, 2025
Claims & objections: Dec 9, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026
Hearings/verification: Dec 9, 2025 – Jan 31, 2026
Final rolls to be published: Feb 7, 2026
