Comparing SIR 2002-04 and 2025-26

A booth-level officer (BLO) verifies voter details during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh in July 2026. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao There have been renewed protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Former Election Commissioners and Supreme Court judges have also questioned the exercise in its current form. As a counter, there have also been former judges and bureaucrats who have supported the current SIR process.Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (RP Act) authorises the Election Commission of India (ECI) to carry out a special revision of the electoral roll for ‘any’ constituency or part of a constituency in such manner as it may think fit. Published - October 13, 2026 07:00 am IST