India, Oct. 27 -- The Election Commission of India (EC) has announced a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls starting October 28, and planned to conclude by February 7, 2026.

It will start with 12 states and union territories in what is being seen as Phase 2 of SIR. The SIR held in Bihar recently was Phase 1, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced. Follow LIVE updates.

The last SIR was held over two decades ago, Gyanesh Kumar said at the Monday press conference in New Delhi. He said SIR has been carried out eight times between 1951 and 2004.

As first step that begins immediately voters in these states will be matched against the 2002/03/04 voting lists.

At the pre-eumeration stage, enumeration ...