ECI reviews States' preparedness for nationwide Special Intensive Revision of rolls
The Election Commission of India held its third conference this year of Chief Electoral Officers of all States and UTs at IIIDEM, New Delhi on 10 September 2025 to assess preparedness for a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Summary
The Election Commission of India held the third conference this year of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of all States and Union Territories at the India International Institute for Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi, on 10 September 2025. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated the conference with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, and the Commission assessed preparedness for the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The CEO of Bihar presented the strategies and best practices from the state's SIR. CEOs reported on electors, the qualifying date of the last SIR, digitisation of rolls and mapping of current electors with the last SIR, and the Commission reviewed rationalisation of polling stations so that no polling station has more than 1,200 electors.
Key facts
- Date / venue
- 10 Sep 2025, IIIDEM, New Delhi
- Conference
- Third CEOs' conference of 2025
- Purpose
- Preparedness for nationwide SIR of electoral rolls
- Led by
- CEC Gyanesh Kumar; ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Vivek Joshi
- Polling station cap
- Not more than 1,200 electors
- Model shared
- Bihar SIR experience
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Under the ECI's polling station rationalisation reviewed in September 2025, no polling station should have more than how many electors?
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Correct answer: C — 1,200
The Commission reviewed rationalisation of polling stations to ensure that no polling station has over 1,200 electors.
The ECI's conference of Chief Electoral Officers on 10 September 2025 assessed preparedness for which exercise?
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Correct answer: B — Nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
The Commission assessed the preparedness of the offices of CEOs of all States/UTs for the nationwide SIR exercise.
Where was the ECI's conference of Chief Electoral Officers held on 10 September 2025?
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Correct answer: A — India International Institute for Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi
The third CEOs' conference of the year was held at IIIDEM in New Delhi.