Overview
- West Bengal opened SIR hearings on Saturday for about 32 lakh unmapped voters at 3,234 centres under 4,500–4,600 micro‑observers, with Aadhaar allowed only as one of several documents.
- The Election Commission directed special scrutiny of West Bengal domicile certificates issued after July 2025 to confirm authenticity and eligibility during the hearings.
- Uttar Pradesh completed its SIR with roughly 2.89 crore deletions due to migration, deaths, duplicates and untraceable entries, with a draft roll due December 31 and the final list on February 28.
- Assam released integrated draft rolls removing 10.56 lakh names after verification, set claims and objections through January 22, and scheduled final publication for February 10.
- In Tamil Nadu, nearly 10 lakh voters received notices over form errors and special enrolment camps were set up at polling stations to help re‑register or correct entries after about 97 lakh deletions appeared in the draft.