SIR: Bengaluru accounts for over half of the pending hearings
With hearings on notices issued under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) scheduled to conclude by October 12, more than 3.70 lakh of the 6.66 lakh notices pending for hearing are in Bengaluru, Shilpa Nag C.T., Special Commissioner (Election), said while addressing the media on
Published - October 06, 2026 08:38 pm IST - Bengaluru
Of the more than 24 lakh notices issued in Bengaluru over logical discrepancies and no mapping, only 13,550 notices are yet to be delivered. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.
With hearings on notices issued under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) scheduled to conclude by October 12, more than 3.70 lakh of the 6.66 lakh notices pending for hearing are in Bengaluru, Shilpa Nag C.T., Special Commissioner (Election), said while addressing the media on Tuesday.
Of the more than 24 lakh notices issued in Bengaluru over logical discrepancies and no mapping, only 13,550 notices are yet to be delivered. Following recent directions from the Election Commission of India (ECI), Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will visit houses and collect the required documents, while hearings will be conducted online only in some cases.
Ms. Nag said 1,117 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) have been appointed to conduct hearings, in addition to the 76 regular AEROs.
Meanwhile, as of October 6, the GBA had received a total of 5,42,893 forms, of which 3,89,698 are yet to be processed.
Forms such as Form 6, Form 7 and Form 8 received up to September 23, the deadline for the claims and objections period, will be disposed of before October 22 and included in the final roll. Forms received after the deadline will be included in the supplementary list, which will be updated quarterly.
Published - October 06, 2026 08:38 pm IST
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