Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Roll to purify Odisha's voter list

Exam-focused facts from the 17 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Election Commission (EC) will commence the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Odisha from May 30, with the final roll to be published on September 6.
July 1 has been fixed as the qualifying date for the roll revision, and the draft electoral roll will be published on July 5.
A total of 45,255 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will conduct house-to-house visits from May 30 to June 28 for the distribution and collection of forms.
Voters can download and upload enumeration forms online through the official portal voters.eci.gov.in.
During the pre-SIR exercise, 94.61 per cent of the state's electors, totaling approximately 3.16 crore, were mapped, resulting in over 9 lakh deletions.