New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Ahead of the roll-out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Delhi, election officials in the city on Thursday said the groundwork has been completed in the Capital.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) in a letter on Thursday, ECI told the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of 22 states and Union Territories (UTs), including Delhi, that the next phase of SIR will begin from April 2026, directing them to complete preparatory work at the earliest.

The SIR marks the 14th such revision of electoral rolls since Independence, with the last conducted between 2002 and 2004. It involves door-to-door verification, document scrutiny, and systematic removal of duplicate, deceased or shifted voters under the Representation ...