Chandigarh, May 14 -- The Election Commission has announced that a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will begin in Punjab and Chandigarh from June 15, with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) set to carry out door-to-door verification of voters across the region.
Officials said Punjab currently has around 2.14 crore registered voters, and the revision exercise aims to update the electoral database ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections in the state.
Under the SIR process, BLOs and Booth Level Agents (BLAs) will visit households to verify voter details, add names of eligible new voters and remove incorrect, fake or duplicate entries from the electoral rolls. The exercise will also focus on correcting errors related to names and add...