Supreme Court upholds ECI’s Bihar voter roll revision, says SIR ‘legally tenable’The Supreme Court has validated the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral rolls, deeming the proce...
27 May, 2026, 02.02 PM IST
Bengal SIR: Tribunals dispose of 6,581 appeals so far, allow 61.5% cases back in voter rollsWest Bengal's appellate tribunals have processed only a small percentage of nearly 25 lakh appeals concerning electoral roll revisions. Out...
22 May, 2026, 03.25 PM IST
Violence-hit Manipur poses major hurdle to EC’s voter roll revision drive in NortheastThe Election Commission of India's special intensive revision of electoral rolls faces significant challenges in violence-hit Manipur due t...
18 May, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
Election Commission to conduct special electoral roll revision in Maharashtra for 9.86 crore votersThe Election Commission of India will conduct a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra. This exercise will involve Bo...
14 May, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
EC rolls out SIR Phase III across India except J&K, Ladakh & Himachal PradeshThe Election Commission of India has launched Phase III of its Special Intensive Revision exercise. This initiative will update electoral r...
14 May, 2026, 02.32 PM IST
Why Mamata Banerjee will win West Bengal: Swaminathan AiyarExit polls predict a BJP victory in West Bengal, but this analysis suggests otherwise. Mamata Banerjee is expected to return as Chief Minis...
03 May, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
Over 3.6 cr people eligible to cast votes in first phase of Bengal assembly polls: ECOver 3.6 crore voters across 16 districts are eligible to vote in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 on April 23, a...
12 Apr, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
EC releases third supplementary voter list in West BengalThe Election Commission released the third supplementary voter list for West Bengal under the Special Intensive Revision, but did not discl...
29 Mar, 2026, 08.57 AM IST
34 lakh Aadhaar card holders identified as 'deceased' in West Bengal, UIDAI informs ECWest Bengal's electoral rolls are undergoing a rigorous revision, with UIDAI data revealing approximately 34 lakh Aadhaar cardholders marke...
13 Nov, 2025, 09.02 AM IST
SIR begins in UP; BLOs to visit households with formsUttar Pradesh has launched a Special Intensive Revision exercise to clean its voter list, themed 'Clean Electoral Roll - Strong Democracy'....
04 Nov, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
SC to hear Bihar SIR voter list case on November 4; tells EC to rectify errors, ensure accuracyThe Supreme Court has scheduled November 4 to hear legal challenges concerning Bihar's controversial Special Intensive Revision of electora...
16 Oct, 2025, 01.52 PM IST
SIR less about cleansing electoral rolls, more about ' destroying' democracy: CongressThe Congress party raises concerns regarding the Election Commission's special intensive revision of Bihar's electoral rolls. Jairam Ramesh...
21 Aug, 2025, 02.46 PM IST
EC's 2024 survey found Bihar rolls almost error-freeA 2024 Election Commission survey in Bihar reveals high accuracy in voter rolls but significant gaps in household registration. While most ...
21 Aug, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Perfect voter rolls are a mirage: What matters is how mistakes are correctedThe controversy surrounding the Election Commission's Summary Integrated Revision (SIR) highlights the unrealistic expectation of a flawles...
18 Aug, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
Why some voters in India hold multiple voter cards? EC explainsGyanesh Kumar stated that multiple voter cards arise from migration or lapses. The Election Commission is correcting these errors. They hav...
17 Aug, 2025, 05.11 PM IST
Odisha's final list shows surge in voters in 20-29 age groupThe woman voter has also increasingly become a strong constituency across states and the gender ratio is a good indicator in that front. Fr...
06 Jan, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
Linking of Aadhaar & Voter ID may be made mandatoryElection commission plans to propose amendments to the Representation of the People Act.
13 Dec, 2018, 05.12 PM IST