New Delhi, May 14: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that Meghalaya will be covered under Phase-III of the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls.
The schedule of SIR Phase-III has been fixed keeping in view the common field machinery with the ongoing house listing of Census.
According to the schedule released by the ECI, the revision exercise in Meghalaya will begin with preparatory activities and training from June 20 to June 29, 2026, while Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will conduct house-to-house verification from June 30 to July 29, 2026.
The draft electoral roll for Meghalaya is scheduled to be published on August 5, 2026, following which claims and objections can be filed till September 4. The final electoral roll will be published on October 7, 2026.
The exercise will be carried out with October 1, 2026 as the qualifying date for Meghalaya and several other states in the Phase-III schedule.
As per data released by the Commission, Meghalaya currently has 23,43,252 electors. To conduct the revision process, 3,551 Booth Level Officers will be deployed across the state.
Nationwide, the Phase-III SIR will cover 16 States and 3 Union Territories involving more than 36.73 crore electors. Over 3.94 lakh BLOs and 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents will participate in the exercise.
The Election Commission described the SIR as a participative exercise involving electors, political parties and election officials, and urged political parties to appoint Booth Level Agents at every polling station to ensure transparency and wider participation in the revision process.
The Commission also stated that the schedule for Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be announced later after completion of Census-related activities and considering weather conditions in the upper reaches and snow-bound regions.
