Overview
- On May 21 the Election Commission published Phase III dates for Special Intensive Revision in 16 states and three union territories and set timelines for draft and final rolls.
- The ECI will deploy about 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers assisted by roughly 3.42 lakh party‑nominated Booth Level Agents to verify nearly 36.73 crore electors at home.
- State schedules and start dates differ: Haryana will run enumeration June 15–July 14, Maharashtra and Karnataka will carry out house visits June 30–July 29, and Jharkhand plans enumeration from June 30 to July 29.
- Officials have added transparency measures such as publishing lists of omitted names, giving BLAs a short window to object, using pre‑filled forms from 2002 mapping to reduce documentary burdens for matched voters, and requiring specified documents where mapping fails.
- Karnataka’s government and Congress leaders are preparing possible Supreme Court action and party mobilisation over fears of wrongful deletions, while CEC Gyanesh Kumar has begun field inspections to review readiness in remote and high‑migration areas.