Chandigarh:
Mansa has emerged as Punjab’s best performing district in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026, recording the highest Enumeration Form collection rate of 96.31 per cent during the statewide house to house voter verification exercise completed by the Election Commission.
The month long exercise covered all 23 districts and 117 Assembly constituencies, with election officials collecting and digitising Enumeration Forms of 1,93,94,408 electors, accounting for 90.37 per cent of Punjab’s 2,14,61,043 registered voters.
Chief Electoral Officer Anindita Mitra said the successful completion of the house to house verification marked a significant milestone in preparing an accurate, transparent and inclusive electoral roll ahead of the publication of the draft electoral rolls on August 13.
She said the exercise reflected the coordinated efforts of the election machinery, political parties and citizens. Booth Level Officers, along with District Election Officers, Electoral Registration Officers and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, worked extensively to ensure that eligible voters were covered across the state.
Besides Mansa, Malerkotla recorded 94.23 per cent Enumeration Form collection, followed by Sangrur at 94.17 per cent, Pathankot at 94.12 per cent and Sri Muktsar Sahib at 94.04 per cent. Budhlada Assembly constituency registered the highest collection rate in Punjab at 96.94 per cent, reflecting strong voter participation.
The verification drive involved 23 District Election Officers, 117 Electoral Registration Officers, 234 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, 2,501 Supervisors and 24,453 Booth Level Officers. They were assisted by 87,966 Booth Level Agents nominated by recognised political parties.
Officials said Booth Level Officers visited every registered address, distributed Enumeration Forms and made repeated follow up visits wherever required. Intimation slips were left at residences where voters were unavailable, while special camps and an extensive SVEEP awareness campaign through SMS alerts, radio, social media, educational institutions and field outreach encouraged greater public participation.
The exercise also helped improve the quality of the electoral rolls by identifying 20,66,635 entries requiring verification or correction, including 5,74,568 deceased voters, 9,44,131 voters who had permanently shifted, 4,12,715 untraceable or absent voters and 1,19,145 duplicate entries.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer, 93.40 per cent of electors included in the draft electoral roll have been successfully matched with records from the previous Special Intensive Revision conducted in 2003. Notices will be issued after the publication of the draft rolls on August 13 to electors whose records remain unmatched, giving them an opportunity to establish their eligibility before the final electoral rolls are published on October 12.
Mitra appealed to voters to verify their names in the draft electoral roll after its publication on August 13. Eligible citizens whose names are missing can submit claims through Form 6, either online or offline, between August 13 and September 12.
As part of the revision exercise, Punjab also completed the rationalisation and physical verification of polling stations. The number of polling booths has increased from 24,453 to 25,332 to improve voter accessibility, balance elector strength and strengthen minimum facilities at polling stations.