New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday released its first update on the progress of the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which is underway from November 4 to December 4. According to the update, 99.41 % of Enumeration Forms (EFs) have been printed and 72.66% distributed across 12 States and Union Territories covered in this phase.

The total number of electors in these States and UTs as of October 27 isapproximately 509 million. EC officials said that 370 million forms have already been distributed.

Among the major States, Uttar Pradesh has reported 99.99% printing of forms, with 108 million distributed to 154.4 million electors, marking a distribution rate of 69....