The Election Commission has directed Chief Electoral Officers of 22 States and Union Territories to complete preparatory work related to the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Election Commission has asked the CEOs of these states and UTs to complete the initial work, saying that the SIR is expected to begin from April this year.

These States are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Telangana and Uttarakhand. The commission said that currently, SIR is underway in 12 States and Union Territories.