Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Varjeet Walia has announced that the Election Commission of India has issued a revised schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Punjab. As per the new programme, the draft electoral roll in Jalandhar district will be published on August 3, 2026. Claims and objections will be accepted from August 3 to September 2, 2026. The notice stage and disposal of claims and objections will be carried out from August 3 to September 28, 2026.
Walia shared this information after attending a video conference meeting conducted by Chief Electoral Officer Anindita Mitra. He stated that the remaining schedule remains unchanged as per the notification issued on May 14, 2026. Accordingly, preparation, training, and printing work will be undertaken from June 15 to June 24, 2026. Booth level officers (BLOs) will conduct door-to-door visits from June 25 to July 24, 2026, to get forms filled by voters. The final electoral roll will be published on October 1, 2026.
The Deputy Commissioner informed that the required election machinery has been deployed in the district for this campaign, including 1,926 BLOs, 189 Supervisors, 9 Electoral Registration Officers, and 5 Additional Assistant Electoral Registration Officers. Special training will be provided to the staff for the SIR to ensure smooth completion of the electoral roll revision exercise.
Walia further stated that out of 16,50,814 voters in the district, 13,44,130 voters (81.42 per cent) have already been mapped with the 2003 electoral roll under the SIR mapping exercise. As per the directions of the CEO Punjab, a special booth-level camp will be organized on June 7, 2026, from 10 am to 4 pm to facilitate voter mapping with the 2003 electoral roll. During the camp, BLOs will be available at their respective booths to assist voters.
He emphasized that the objective of the camp is to ensure that no eligible voter is left out of the mapping process. Stressing the need for maximum awareness, he said efforts should be made to map the remaining voters. He appealed to voters whose mapping with the 2003 electoral roll has not yet been completed to coordinate with their respective BLOs and get themselves mapped.
Walia said that under the SIR process, it is mandatory for every voter in the district to fill the enumeration form provided by the BLO. He cautioned that any voter who does not fill the enumeration form will not be included in the draft electoral roll. He appealed to all eligible voters to get their details verified during the SIR process and submit required documents to BLOs in a timely manner to ensure accurate and error-free electoral rolls. Further information can be obtained by calling the Voter Helpline Number 1950.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Amaninder Kaur, all Electoral Registration Officers, Election Tehsildar Sukhdev Singh, and other officials were present on the occasion.
