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Lunglei, July 29, 2026: Hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 of the electoral roll are underway across all six Assembly Constituencies in Lunglei District, with Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) conducting the verification exercise diligently.

Lunglei District comprises six Assembly Constituencies—Lunglei North, Lunglei East, Lunglei West, Lunglei South, Thorang and West Tuipui—with a total of 181 polling stations. Of the 98,808 electors included in the district's draft electoral roll, 21,549 have been issued notices to appear before the EROs and AEROs for verification of their electoral details.

Among those served notices, 2,261 electors fall under the 'No Mapping' category, having no linkage with the 2005 Special Intensive Revision records, 18,441 have mapping discrepancies, while 847 have been identified by the EROs and AEROs for further verification. As of 10:00 a.m. on July 29, 2026, a total of 4,475 electors had appeared for the hearing process.

Besides hearing the cases of electors who received notices, officials are also scrutinising applications submitted after the publication of the draft electoral roll on July 4, 2026. These include applications for fresh enrolment, corrections, transfer of enrolment, and other modifications. The submission of such applications will remain open until August 4, 2026.

As of July 29, hearings had been completed at 88 of the district's 181 polling stations. Constituency-wise, hearings have concluded at 15 of 28 polling stations in Lunglei North, 17 of 24 in Lunglei East, 9 of 24 in Lunglei West, 22 of 40 in Lunglei South, 15 of 36 in Thorang, and 10 of 29 in West Tuipui.

The hearings are being conducted by EROs and AEROs through visits to various localities across the district. Booth Level Officers (BLOs), Booth Level Agents (BLAs), representatives of Local Councils and Village Councils, and members of civil society organisations—including the Young Mizo Association (YMA), Young Chakma Association (YCA), Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP), Mizo Upa Pawl (MUP), and other voluntary organisations—are also actively participating in the exercise.