Election Commission stopped physical hearings for certain SIR voter cases

On 2026-09-26, the Election Commission of India announced measures for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, including stopping physical hearings for voters flagged as “unmapped” or having “logical discrepancies” in their enumeration forms and instead having booth-level officers visit such voters. It also said it will immediately launch a special drive for enrolment of people left out during/after SIR and clarified that the Form 6 declaration is mandatory only during the current SIR process (not after it).