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Dated Aizawl, the 4rd July, 2026: Today, marking the successful completion of the Enumeration Phase, the publication of the Draft Electoral Roll under SIR 2026, and the commencement of the Claims and Objections Period, the Chief Electoral Officer, Mizoram, Pi Garima Gupta, IAS issued the following press note during a press conference held at the I&PR Conference Hall.

1.       In accordance with the instructions of the Election Commission of India vide No. 23/2025-ERS (Vol. II) dated 14th May, 2026, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls, 2026 has been undertaken in all districts of Mizoram with effect from 20^th May, 2026. Mizoram is one of the 16 States and 2 Union Territories included in the Third Phase of the Special Intensive Revision, 2026. 

2.       The scheduled timeline of SIR 2026 as per ECI’s instruction is as below:

          The publication of the Draft Electoral Roll was originally scheduled by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for 5^th July, 2026. However, since the scheduled date falls on a Sunday, the publication has been rescheduled to 4^th July, 2026 (Saturday) at the request of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Mizoram. 

3.       The Special Intensive Revision (SIR), 2026 is being undertaken with reference to 01.07.2026 as the qualifying date. Accordingly, persons born on or before 01.07.2008 are eligible for registration in the electoral roll. 

4.       For the purpose of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), 2026, a fresh electoral roll is being prepared. The electoral roll of 2005, being the last roll prepared through an Intensive Revision, is being used as the primary reference. 

5.       All the prescribed statutory forms were prepared and printed at the respective District Election Offices. The forms were distributed by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) through house-to-house visits. Khawzawl District was the first district to complete the distribution of the forms that had completed the task on 5^th June, 2026.

6.       To ensure the effective implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), 2026, a series of training programmes and review meetings were conducted at the State level, by Office of the CEO, Mizoram as detailed below:

i. A training programme for all the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) was conducted at Aizawl.

ii. Shri Apurva K.R. Singh, Deputy Director, Media Division, Election Commission of India, conducted a training programme for the District Media Nodal Officers and District Media Assistant Nodal Officers at Aizawl on 3^rd June, 2026.

iii. A review meeting on the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), 2026 was held under the chairpersonship of Smt. Shubhra Saxena, Director, Election Commission of India, at Aizawl on 8^th June, 2026.

iv. Training for Booth Level Officers and Booth Level Agents were undertaken in phase-wise in all districts by the District Election Offices.

v. In addition to the above, the CEO, Mizoram, held weekly meetings with DEOs, EROs, and AEROs through video conferencing to review the progress of SIR. Video conferences were also held with low-performing EROs and AEROs to understand the reasons for their performance, discuss the challenges they encountered and formulate strategies for improvement.  

7.       The Enumeration Phase commenced on 30th May, 2026. During this phase, the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) carried out house-to-house visits for the distribution and collection of Enumeration Forms, while simultaneously undertaking their digitization. The details of the Enumeration Forms distributed and collected during the Enumeration Phase (30.05.2026 to 28.06.2026) are as follows:

i. Enumeration Forms distributed      –       8,75,068

ii. Enumeration Forms collected         –       8,28,906

8.       The total number of uncollected Enumeration Forms is 46,163 (5.28%). Various categories of UEF are as follows:

i.        Death                                       -        21,295 (2.43%)

ii.       Untraceable/Absent                 -        8,333 (0.95%)

iii.      Permanently Shifted                -        13,978 (1.60%)

iv.      Already enrolled                       -        2,248 (0.26%)

v.       Others                                      -        309 (0.04%)

vi.      Among the Assembly Constituency 19-Aizawl South II (ST) AC has the highest number of UEF at 2,351 (8.23%).

9.       Mizoram became the first among the 16 States undertaking the Third Phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), 2026 to achieve 100% digitization of the collected Enumeration Forms, completing the process on 25^th June, 2026. 

10.     22–Tuichang (ST) Assembly Constituency of Khawzawl District was the first Assembly Constituency in the State to complete digitization in all its polling parts on 14th June, 2026, thereby becoming the first to achieve 100% digitization at both the Assembly Constituency and district levels. 

11.     The uploaded Enumeration Form is categorized into two - Enumeration Form Digitized and Uncollectible Enumeration Form. Currently, voters residing within the constituency who have filled out and submitted their Enumeration Forms are categorized under Enumeration Form Digitized. Meanwhile, voters who are deceased, have permanently shifted, cannot be traced, or refuse to be included in the electoral roll are placed under Uncollectible Enumeration Form. 

12.     The total Enumeration Form collected and Digitized is 8,28,906. These digitized Enumeration Forms will continue to be included in the draft roll. 

13.     The Draft Electoral Roll, 2026 w.r.t 01.07.2026 as qualifying date has been published in all 11 Districts of Mizoram on Dt. 04.07.2026 for all 40 Assembly Constituencies. District wise electors’ information is as below -

          There are 4091 male and 94 female Service Voters, with a total of 4185 Service Voters in Mizoram.

              Any citizen of India who has attained the age of 18 on Dt. 01.07.2026 may continue to submit an application for inclusion in the Electoral Roll to respective ERO/AERO/BLO. Application can also be submitted online through https://voters.eci.gov.in and Voter Helpline App. Draft Electoral Roll is available with EROs, AEROs, BLOs and at the office of DC/DEO. The hard copy of the Draft Electoral Roll will be distributed to all political parties. It can also be viewed online at CEO’s website - https://ceo.mizoram.gov.in/ 

14.     Mizoram Age-Cohort Wise Elector Information is as below –

15.     During SIR 2026, 52 new Polling Stations were created and 1 Polling Station was abolished, hence, there are now 1352 Polling Stations in Mizoram.

16.     With the publication of the Draft Electoral Roll today, the period for filing claims and objections has commenced w.e.f. 4^th July, 2026 and will continue up to 4^th August, 2026. During this period, the prescribed statutory forms may be submitted by the following categories of persons:

i.        Form-6 for new eligible voters not included in draft roll or person who failed to submit Enumeration Form. 

ii.       Form-7 for those included in draft roll but needs to be deleted from the electoral roll.

iii.      Form-8 for those included in draft roll but needs correction of various details.

iv.      Form-8 for transfer of votes who changed their residence/address. 

v.       These Forms can be obtained from concerned BLO, and can also be submitted online through ECINET application. 

17.        There have been no major issues or problems in the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), 2026. The dedication and commitment of all election officials, community leaders, and electors are duly acknowledged and appreciated. It is expected that the revision process will be completed successfully and within the stipulated time frame.