ECI TO BEGIN SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS IN GOA
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued instructions for holding Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the State of Goa as per the guidelines and schedule specified by the Commission. The objective of an intensive revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the Electoral Roll (ER) so as to enable them to exercise their franchise, no ineligible voter is included in the electoral rolls and also to introduce complete transparency in the process of addition or deletion of electors in the electoral rolls.
Chief Electoral Officer Shri Sanjay Goel, IAS chairing a special review meeting with regards to preparation at Altinho today guided all the concerned officials to cooperate and act accordingly to complete the process of SIR effectively. The State Level Help Desk at the helpline 1950 will be operational 24×7 during Special Intensive Revision, 2026, on all the days.
The schedule for various stages of special intensive revision of electoral roll – 2026 is as follows;
The last intensive revision for Goa was conducted by the Commission in the year 2002. Various reasons such as rapid urbanization, frequent migration, young citizens becoming eligible to vote, non-reporting of deaths and inclusion of the names of foreign illegal immigrants have necessitated the conduct of an intensive revision so as to ensure integrity and preparation of error-free electoral rolls.
The Booth Level Officers (BLOs) shall be conducting house-to-house enumeration for verification during the process of this intensive revision. While conducting the special revision, the ECI shall be scrupulously adhering to the Constitutional and legal provisions regarding eligibility to be registered as a voter and disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll which are clearly laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution of India and Section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 respectively.
CEO/DEOs/EROs/BLOs have been directed to take care that genuine electors, particularly old, sick, Persons with Disabilities (PwD), poor and other vulnerable groups are not harassed and are facilitated to the extent possible, including through deployment of volunteers.
Election Commission of India has been making all efforts to ensure that the revision process is carried out in a smooth manner causing minimum inconvenience to the electors,it shall be seeking active involvement of all political parties in the process by appointing their Booth Level Agents (BLAs) in all polling booths. The active participation of BLAs would ensure that discrepancies, if any, are resolved at the preparation stage itself, thereby reducing the instances of filing claims, objections and appeals. It may be underscored that both, the electors and the political parties, are the most important stakeholders in any electoral process and it is only with their full participation that an exercise of such magnitude can be conducted smoothly and successfully.
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