Agartala: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tripura will begin on September 5 as part of a nationwide exercise covering 19 states and Union Territories to ensure that only eligible electors remain enrolled, Chief Electoral Officer Brijesh Pandey said on Friday.
“The exercise is being carried out to ensure that only eligible electors are enrolled in the electoral rolls. The electoral roll must be accurate, inclusive, updated and free of dead, duplicate, shifted and ineligible voters,” Pandey told reporters.
The qualifying date for the exercise is October 1, 2026, and the final electoral roll will be published on December 23. The state has around 28.97 lakh electors across 60 Assembly constituencies and 3,356 polling stations.
Pandey said Booth Level Officers (BLOs) would conduct house-to-house visits from September 15 to October 14 to distribute pre-filled enumeration forms and collect the completed forms after assisting electors. Each household will be visited three times.
Clarifying the verification process, he said, “During the house-to-house enumeration, no documents will be collected.” He added that if any doubts arise after the publication of the draft electoral roll, the Electoral Registration Officer will issue notices seeking supporting documents.
Stressing the position on Aadhaar, Pandey said, “Aadhaar is an identity proof but not proof of citizenship.”
He also said electors whose names appear in the 2005 Special Intensive Revision electoral roll, or whose parents’ names appear in that roll, will not be required to submit supporting documents.
“Only identity proof has to be provided,” he said.
If a voter is away from home, family members or relatives may provide the required information, but “the enumeration form has to be filled by all,” he added.
On the grievance redressal mechanism, Pandey said anyone dissatisfied with the decision of the Electoral Registration Officer may file an appeal before the District Election Officer under Section 24 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, followed by a second appeal before the Chief Electoral Officer.