Agartala, August 7:
Tripura will launch a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls from September 5, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) undertaking a comprehensive verification drive to prepare an accurate, inclusive and updated voters’ list ahead of future elections.
Tripura’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Brijesh Pandey on Friday said the exercise is designed to ensure that every eligible citizen is enrolled while duplicate, shifted, deceased and otherwise ineligible entries are removed.
Addressing a press conference at the Civil Secretariat, Pandey said Tripura is among 19 States and Union Territories where the ECI has notified the SIR schedule following its May 14, 2026 notification. The qualifying date for the revision is October 1, 2026, and the exercise will conclude with publication of the final electoral roll on coming December 23.
Tripura currently has 60 Assembly constituencies, 3,356 polling stations and nearly 28.97 lakh electors, including around 14.52 lakh male and 14.45 lakh female voters.
The CEO said the preparatory phase, including training and printing of forms, will run from September 5 to 14, followed by house-to-house visits by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) between September 15 and October 14. During the visits, BLOs will distribute pre-filled enumeration forms, assist voters in filling them and collect the completed forms. Each BLO has been instructed to make at least three visits to every household to ensure no eligible elector is left out.
Clarifying concerns over documentation, Pandey said enumeration forms will be printed for every elector whose name appears in the latest electoral roll after continuous updation in 2025, irrespective of whether their details have been mapped with the 2005 Special Intensive Revision records.
He said the ongoing mapping with the 2005 electoral roll is intended to simplify verification. Where an elector’s own name, or that of a parent, is successfully linked with the 2005 records, no additional supporting documents will ordinarily be required beyond identity verification, wherever applicable. However, voters whose records cannot be mapped will still be given an opportunity to establish eligibility by submitting the prescribed documents during the verification stage.
Pandey stressed that no documents will be collected during the house-to-house enumeration phase to avoid inconvenience to electors. Documents, if required, will only be sought after publication of the draft electoral roll on October 21, when claims and objections can be filed until November 20.
He also clarified that Aadhaar may be accepted only as proof of identity and not as proof of citizenship, in accordance with the Election Commission’s guidelines.
The CEO said electors who were not registered in Tripura during the 2005 SIR but were enrolled in another state would also have an opportunity to be included. Such voters can provide details of their previous electoral registration, following which the Election Department will verify the records with the concerned state before processing their inclusion.
To facilitate verification, the 2005 Special Intensive Revision electoral rolls have been uploaded on the CEO’s website, while similar records are available on the websites of Chief Electoral Officers of other states. Voters unable to trace their earlier records can seek assistance from election officials by providing basic details such as their previous state, district, Assembly constituency and family particulars.
Pandey said 3,356 BLOs and 375 BLO Supervisors have already been trained for the exercise, along with Electoral Registration Officers, District Election Officers, political parties and Booth Level Agents. Helpdesks and toll-free numbers will remain operational throughout the revision process.
Appealing for cooperation from electors, political parties, civil society and the media, the CEO urged stakeholders to rely on official communications and avoid misinformation.
“Our objective is simple—no eligible elector should be left out, and no ineligible person should remain enrolled,” Pandey said.
