By Admin 
The Election Commission extended the deadline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in six states and union territories. However, West Bengal is not included in these states, where the opposition is most aggressive regarding SIR. According to ECI, forms will be filled in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat by December 14 and the draft voter list will be released on December 19. In Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the SIR process will be done till 18th December and the draft voter list will be released on 23rd December, whereas in UP, the forms will be filled till 26th December and the draft roll of the voter list will be released on 31st December.
SIR for these states including Bengal schedule
The time to fill the form for Goa, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan and West Bengal will end today, i.e. on 11 December 2025. Here the draft electoral rolls will be published on 16 December 2025. in kerala SIR Of schedule Was changed earlier. Here till 18th December 2025 SIR The process has to be done and the draft electoral Roll on 23rd December published Will be done.
ECI’s instructions regarding SIR process
A day earlier on Wednesday (10 December 2025), the Election Commission issued an important instruction under the ongoing SIR process in all 12 states and union territories. ECI has ordered the Chief Electoral Officers of the respective States and Union Territories to share the list of absentee, transferred, dead or repeated voters (ASD) prepared at the booth level with the booth level agents of political parties.
The Election Commission said that those voters who could not be contacted even after three or more door-to-door contacts by the booth level officials, have been kept in the ASD category. Now it is necessary to confirm the status of these voters, so that the mistakes can be corrected before the voter list is released.
For this, booth level officers at every booth will meet booth level agents appointed by political parties and the complete ASD list will be handed over to them. According to the Election Commission, approximately 5 lakh booth level officers and more than 12 lakh booth level agents will participate in the booth-wise meetings in these 12 states and union territories.