Two-week extension sought for SIR in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, said that the state has requested the Election Commission of India to give another two weeks to complete the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

In a press release, Mr Rinwa said the extension was sought so that district election officials could re-verify the entries of deceased voters, those who had shifted to other locations and voters who could not be traced.

According to him, 99.24 percent of census forms have been digitized so far.

Of these, 18.85% (about 2.91 crore entries) fall under the ‘unverified’ category; It consists of 1.27 crore permanently changed voters, around 45.95 lakh voters who died, 23.69 lakh duplicate voters, 9.58 lakh who did not return their forms and 84.73 lakh absentee voters.

More than 80 percent of the forms were returned with the signatures of voters or family members, he said. Matching the received forms with the 2003 voter lists exceeded 76%.

Mr. Rinwa said 14 districts, 132 assembly constituencies and 1,43,509 polling stations have completed digitization.

He added that voters whose names are missing in the 2025 rolls should be helped to fill out Form-6, and young people who turn 18 on January 1, 2026 should also be encouraged to register.

The CEO called on all recognized political parties to help verify the entries of deceased, emigrated, absent and duplicate voters.

Booth-level officers will submit verified voter lists to booth-level representatives for upload to CEO and district websites by December 12.

A statewide SIR exercise has been underway since November 4, 2025.