SIR in Tripura rescheduled, to begin now from December 15

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, October 31, 2026

In view of the upcoming statewide civic body polls, the election commission of India (ECI) has rescheduled the process of special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral in Tripura. As per the revised schedule the SIR in the state will now commence from December 15 after the entire civic poll process is over . This has been notified by the ECI authority on last Thursday.

According to the conventional process the training of voter enrollment staff and printing works related to this will be completed between December 15 and 24. This will be followed by visits of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from house to house of voters from December 26n this year up to January 25 next year, that is the new year 2027. Within the next two days the task of redrawing and rationalising the polling centres within January 27. The draft electoral roll will be published on February 2 and from that very date the process of claim and objection will begin and continue up to March 2.

According to the schedule notified the claims and objections will be settled by April 1 and the final electoral roll will be published on April 7. The base year for inclusion of names in the electoral roll has been fixed on January 1 2027. Sources in the state election department said that the ECI authority had been urged upon to postpone the SIR process in the state pending the holding of election to 21 civic bodies. The ECI authority took this into account and agreed to reschedule the SIR process in the state.

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