Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has carried out rationalisation of polling stations across Punjab as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026, increasing the total number of polling stations in the state from 24,453 to 25,332. Punjab chief electoral officer Anindita Mitra said this exercise was undertaken to balance elector strength per polling station, improve voter facilitation, and strengthen transparency in the electoral process. The highest increase in the number of polling stations is in Amritsar, from 2,134 to 2,240 after rationalisation, followed by Ludhiana where the number is up from 2,927 to 3,031, according to information shared by Mitra at a press conference here on Tuesday after the completion of the house-to-house enumeration phase of SIR. In SAS Nagar, the number of polling stations has gone up from 838 to 936....