GANGTOK, MAY 19 (PTI): Sikkim Chief Executive Officer Raj Kumar Yadav held a meeting with representatives of political parties ahead of the commencement of SIR in the Himalayan state from May 30, and described the voter roll revision as a “participatory exercise”.
He said the booth-level officers (BLOs) will make house-to-house visits till June 28 to distribute enumeration forms among voters and collect these from them.
The release of the draft electoral rolls will take place on July 5, Yadav said.
The claims and objections can be filed between July 5 and August 4.
The disposal of claims and objections can be made between July 5 and September 2, the CEO said, adding that the final electoral rolls will be released on September 6.
Yadav held a meeting on the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process with political parties’ representatives at the conference hall of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer on May 18, following the direction of the Election Commission to conduct the voter roll revision exercise in 16 states and 3 Union Territories, an official statement said.
“The SIR is a participative exercise involving all stakeholders, including electors, political parties and election officials,” the CEO said.
He said the SIR is being undertaken to weed out ineligible voters in the state.
The last SIR took place in 2002, which also acts as evidence of voters’ eligibility, he said.
During the meeting, the CEO extensively spoke about actions to be taken by booth-level agents of political parties and the electors in the process of distribution and submission of the enumeration forms, the statement said.
Yadav also highlighted the EC-prescribed documents to be submitted by electors for inclusion in the voter lists if their names are not found in the 2002 rolls. He also gave a detailed description of the ECINET app, wherein the electors can search for their details and book a call with a BLO belonging to their respective area.
Sikkim has about 4.7 lakh voters at present.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026