Door-to-door verification from June 15; CEO flags slow progress of voter roll mapping

Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer, A Sreenivas, on Wednesday reviewed the preparations for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state and expressed concern over the slow progress of electoral roll mapping. According to an official statement, during the virtual meeting with all the deputy commissioners-cum-district election officers, Sreenivas informed that only 64.26 per cent of the mapping work has been completed so far, while districts such as Faridabad, Gurugram, Sonipat, Panipat and Panchkula have achieved less than 60 per cent progress.

Calling it a matter of concern, he directed the concerned districts to hold meetings with representatives of resident welfare associations (RWAs) to ensure maximum public participation, the statement said. Sreenivas said he would personally visit these districts next week to review the situation. According to the directions of the Election Commission of India, a comprehensive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will be conducted in Haryana from June 15 to July 14, during which door-to-door verification of voters will be carried out at the booth level across the state. The final electoral roll will be published on September 22.

At the meeting, Sreenivas directed that electoral registration officers (EROs), Assistant EROs, booth level officers (BLOs) and supervisors be provided timely training to ensure the successful implementation of the exercise. He said for the convenience of voters, enumeration forms will be made available in Hindi, which can be downloaded from the poll panel’s official website from June 5. In cases where forms are not returned, the BLOs will collect information from neighbours to identify the absent, shifted, deceased or duplicate voters. It will be mandatory for the BLOs to visit every such household at least three times. If a voter is not at home, any adult member of the family may sign the enumeration form and submit it to the BLO. Even in cases where voters submit forms online, the BLOs will conduct physical verification through house visits, Sreenivas said.

Voters whose names do not appear in the draft electoral roll will be listed booth-wise and displayed on notice boards at panchayat bhawans, urban local body offices and block development and panchayat offices, the CEO said. The probable reasons for exclusion of names will also be made public, and these lists will be available on the websites of the CEO and the respective district election officers. He also directed all the district election officers to hold meetings with political parties and ensure the appointment of booth level agents (BLAs) at the earliest. Assistance of volunteers will also be taken during the exercise, he said. Noting that the last SIR in the state was conducted in 2002, Sreenivas said, “Haryana's electoral data contains approximately 18 per cent logical errors compared to the other states, with incorrect names and spelling mistakes the most common issues.”

As of May 21, 2026, Haryana had a total of 20,652,760 registered voters and 20,629 polling stations. Fatehabad district had recorded the highest mapping progress in the state at 87.44 percent. Sreenivas also said that special help desks with the 1950 helpline number will be established at all district headquarters and Assembly constituencies for a smooth SIR exercise. He directed the district administrations to launch extensive public awareness campaigns through the media and ensure proper video documentation of all activities related to the revision process.

According to the Election Commission's directions, officers and employees engaged in the SIR exercise will not be transferred without prior approval of the poll panel, he said. It will also be ensured that the posts of district election officers, EROs and assistant EROs do not remain vacant, Sreenivas said. The CEO also said that for the first time, the Election Commission has assigned divisional commissioners the responsibility of serving as roll observers during the SIR exercise, a measure that is expected to further strengthen monitoring and transparency in the entire process.