Shillong, Jul 1: Meghalaya has distributed 1,19,129 enumeration forms on the opening day of the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026, covering 5.07 percent of the state’s total electorate, Chief Electoral Officer BDR Tiwari said today.
The house-to-house exercise, which commenced yesterday, is aimed at updating the electoral roll by verifying voter details and ensuring that all eligible citizens are included while ineligible names are removed.
“The primary objective of the Special Intensive Revision is to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out and no ineligible person finds a place in the Electoral Roll,” Tiwari said.
According to the CEO, 3,551 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have been deployed across Meghalaya for the exercise, with each BLO assigned an average of 662 electors. All field officials have undergone training before the launch of the campaign.
To supervise the revision process, the Election Commission has also appointed and trained 60 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 166 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), and 410 BLO Supervisors.
Meghalaya currently has an electorate of 23,49,645 voters.
Among the districts, South West Garo Hills recorded the highest progress, distributing enumeration forms to 20.49 percent of its electorate. It was followed by North Garo Hills (10.25 percent), South Garo Hills (6.67 percent) and West Garo Hills (6.5 percent). East Khasi Hills, which has the state’s largest voter base, distributed 28,006 forms, covering 4.43 percent of its electorate as of 3pm today.
The house-to-house verification campaign will continue until July 29.
During the enumeration phase, BLOs will issue forms in duplicate, collect one completed copy from electors, and provide an acknowledgement on the second copy. Tiwari clarified that electors are not required to submit any supporting documents while filling out the enumeration form during this stage.
If a residence is found locked, the BLO will leave the form at the house and make up to three follow-up visits to collect the completed form.
Electors who prefer digital submission can also complete the process through the ECINET mobile application or the Voter Services Portal.
To facilitate the exercise, the Electoral Roll prepared during the last Special Intensive Revision in 2005 has been made available on the Chief Electoral Officer’s website, district administration portals, the ECINET app, and the Voter Services Portal. BLOs have also been provided access to the 2005 electoral roll.
Tiwari advised voters whose names appear in the 2005 electoral roll to refer to details such as their name, relative’s name, state, district, Assembly constituency number, part number, and serial number while filling up the enumeration form.
Those who shifted to Meghalaya after 2005 can retrieve their details from the last Special Intensive Revision roll of their previous state through the ECINET app or the Voter Services Portal.
Although documentary proof is not required during the enumeration process, electors must attach or upload a recent passport-size photograph. In cases where an elector’s name is absent from the 2005 roll, details of a parent or grandparent appearing in that roll may be furnished in the form.
Appealing for public participation, Tiwari urged voters to cooperate with Booth Level Officers during the verification process, complete the forms accurately, and return them within the stipulated timeframe.
