By Amrit Pal Sidhu / Babushahi Network
Chandigarh, June 2:
As part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being undertaken by the Election Commission of India in Punjab, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Mrs. Anindita Mitra today held a meeting with representatives of recognised political parties in the state and provided lists of electors who still records remain unmapped during the pre-mapping exercise.
During the meeting, the CEO Punjab informed the representatives that the lists shared today pertain to data of unmapped voters as on May 27, 2026. She added that mapping of some of these voters may already have been completed subsequently.
Mrs. Mitra urged all political parties to actively participate in the successful completion of the SIR exercise. She said every effort is being made to reach out to maximum electors and complete the pre-mapping exercise before the start of the House to House Enumeration Phase.
Clarifying concerns regarding the process, the CEO informed that even if a voter remains unmapped during the pre-SIR exercise, there is no need for the voter to worry. In that case, the election officials will simply seek some documents to verify the details of the voter.
Mrs. Anindita Mitra further informed that special camps will be organised at all polling stations across Punjab on June 7, 2026, to accelerate the pace of pre-mapping. BLOs will be available at these camps from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to facilitate voter mapping.
She also asked representatives of all recognised political parties to expedite the appointment of BLAs-2. Highlighting the crucial role of BLAs-2 during the SIR process, she called upon all parties to complete these appointments at the earliest.
She also familiarised party representatives with the procedure for voter mapping through the Election Commission’s voter services
portal https://voters.eci.gov.in/
Providing further details, Mrs. Mitra stated that the Election Commission of India has made partial modifications to the previously announced schedule for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Punjab. The draft electoral rolls will now be published on August 3, 2026 she added.
The period for filing claims and objections has been revised from August 3, 2026 to September 2, 2026. The notice phase and disposal of claims and objections will be carried out from August 3, 2026 to September 28, 2026. She added that the remaining schedule notified by the Commission on May 14, 2026 remains unchanged.
Prominent amongst others who were present in the meeting included Additional CEO Amandeep Garg, Joint CEO Navneet Kaur Bal and Joint CEO Gurinder Singh Sodhi. Representatives of recognised political parties present included Ferry Sofat from the Aam Aadmi Party, Jaswant Rai and Ajit Singh Bhaini from the Bahujan Samaj Party, N.K. Verma from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Sunil Kumar from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Captain Sandeep Sandhu and Hardeep Singh Kingra from the Indian National Congress and Advocate Arshdeep Singh Kler from the Shiromani Akali Dal.