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What is the SIR voter list revision, and what happened in Tamil Nadu?

Short answer

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rebuilds the electoral roll house to house, on the Election Commission’s order. Tamil Nadu’s final roll came out on 23 February 2026 with 5,67,07,380 electors, 74,07,207 fewer than on 27 October 2025.

Checked 11 October 2026. The Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer’s SIR 2026 pages, schedule and public FAQ, and Press Information Bureau notes of 4 November 2025, 11 December 2025 and 25 July 2026.

Key line: Tamil Nadu’s SIR is over. Check your name on the electoral roll and, if it is missing, apply with Form 6 at any time.

Tamil Nadu timeline, date by date
  • 27 October 2025: ECI orders SIR phase II in nine States and three Union Territories, Tamil Nadu among them; the roll of that day was the starting point. Qualifying date: 1 January 2026.
  • 4 November 2025 to 14 December 2025: enumeration by Booth Level Officers (BLOs). Tamil Nadu’s end date moved from 4 to 14 December.
  • 19 December 2025: draft roll, 5,43,76,756 electors (CEO, as reported).
  • 19 December 2025 to 30 January 2026: claims and objections (Forms 6, 7, 8). First set to end on 18 January, extended to 30 January.
  • 23 February 2026: final roll, 5,67,07,380 electors: 2,77,38,925 men, 2,89,60,838 women, 7,617 third gender. It was first announced for 17 February.
  • 6 April 2026: 5,73,43,291 electors on the roll on the last date for nominations to the April 2026 Assembly election.
  • 27 May 2026: the Supreme Court held the SIR within the Commission’s powers under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (Association for Democratic Reforms v. Election Commission of India, as stated in the Law Minister’s Lok Sabha reply).
What the SIR is and how it works
  • An order of the Election Commission under Article 324 of the Constitution and Section 21 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, with the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.
  • How it works: every elector gets a partly pre-filled Enumeration Form from a BLO, who visits homes at least three times. Then come a draft roll, a month for claims and objections, notices to people the roll could not match, and a final roll.
  • Three phases: Bihar (2025); nine States and three Union Territories including Tamil Nadu (October 2025 to April 2026); the rest, ordered on 14 May 2026. Tamil Nadu is not in the third phase.
  • Safeguards ECI lists (Law Minister’s Lok Sabha reply): deletion only after BLO visits, at least two or three attempts before a voter is treated as untraceable; appeal to the District Magistrate, then the Chief Electoral Officer.
  • Lists you can read: the Chief Electoral Officer’s SIR 2026 page keeps the draft and final rolls, the lists of absent, shifted and dead electors, and the district-wise and constituency-wise counts.
The 2002 voter list: what it meant, how to search
  • What it meant for you: the Enumeration Form asked for your own entry, or a relative’s, in that roll. Electors whose entry was not available or did not match got a notice and could answer with any one of the 13 documents ECI listed, Aadhaar included.
  • How to search it: the 2002 roll and the 2005 roll on the Chief Electoral Officer’s site, by name or EPIC number (the CEO’s note).
  • It is not what you vote on. Voting needs your name on the electoral roll in force. The documents to carry on polling day are a separate list: documents to carry to vote.
Check your name, or fix it
  1. Search the electoral roll at electoralsearch.eci.gov.in by EPIC number, your details or mobile number. Step by step.
  2. Name missing: apply with Form 6 and the declaration form on voters.eci.gov.in, in ECINET or through your BLO. New enrolment is open all year.
  3. Turned down or removed: appeal to the District Magistrate (Collector) under Section 24(a) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, then to the Chief Electoral Officer under Section 24(b). Ask the Electoral Registration Officer or call 1950 for the time limit.
Deadlines: only what is verified
  • No open SIR deadline in Tamil Nadu. The claims window closed on 30 January 2026 and the final roll came out on 23 February 2026. The Chief Electoral Officer’s home page listed no new revision schedule on 11 October 2026.
  • Qualifying dates for new voters: 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October. A person who turns 18 on one of them can apply ahead with Form 6 (Chief Electoral Officer’s FAQ).

Questions

How many names were removed in Tamil Nadu?

The final roll of 23 February 2026 has 5,67,07,380 electors, 74,07,207 fewer than the 6,41,14,587 on 27 October 2025. The draft roll of 19 December 2025 had removed 97,37,831, of whom about 26.95 lakh were reported deceased, 66.45 lakh shifted or absent and 3.39 lakh duplicates; about 27.53 lakh eligible electors were added and about 4.23 lakh ineligible names removed later (reports).

My name is missing after the SIR. What can I do?

Search the roll again at electoralsearch.eci.gov.in. If the name is not there, apply with Form 6 and the declaration form on voters.eci.gov.in, in ECINET or through your Booth Level Officer. An adverse decision can be appealed to the District Magistrate and then the Chief Electoral Officer.

Is another SIR coming in Tamil Nadu?

Not announced. The Chief Electoral Officer’s home page showed no new revision schedule on 11 October 2026. The third phase ordered on 14 May 2026 covers other States and Union Territories.

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