NationalTuesday, 30 June 2026·The Hindu - National
ECI Special Intensive Revision in Karnataka: no documents during house-to-house enumeration, October 1, 2026 qualifying date
Karnataka’s SIR of electoral rolls begins with no document collection during enumeration, under ECI’s phased plan across 16 States and 3 Union Territories.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In June 2026, Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would begin house-to-house enumeration on Tuesday, with no documents collected during the process and October 1, 2026 as the qualifying date set by the Election Commission of India.
Key specifics
- Karnataka has 5,54,32,314 electors covered under the revision exercise.
- The house-to-house enumeration will continue till July 29, 2026, and the draft rolls will be published on August 5, 2026.
- Claims and objections can be filed until September 4, 2026, and final electoral rolls will be published on October 7, 2026.
- The ECI is conducting SIR in a phased manner across 16 States and 3 Union Territories.
- About 59,050 BLOs and 1,15,112 Booth Level Agents have been deployed or appointed for the exercise.
Exam lens
Polity and election administration question: SIR, ECI, qualifying date October 1, 2026, draft rolls on August 5, final rolls on October 7, 2026. TNPSC may ask the sequence of electoral roll revision stages and the role of BLOs.