**Summary:**
On September 10, 2025, the Election Commission of India (ECI) convened a conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) from all States and Union Territories at the India International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi. The conference, inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, focused on assessing the preparedness for a nationwide Special Summary Revision (SIR) exercise.
The CEO of Bihar presented strategies, constraints, and best practices from their experiences to inform other CEOs. The CEOs provided detailed presentations including the number of electors, the qualifying date of the last SIR, the status of the electoral roll and its digitisation, and the mapping of current electors with those from the last SIR in their respective State/UT.
A review of polling station rationalization was conducted to ensure uniform implementation of the ECI's initiative to limit polling stations to a maximum of 1,200 electors. CEOs also provided suggestions for documentation to ensure comprehensive and accurate electoral rolls, with an emphasis on ease of submission for eligible citizens. The conference also included a review of the appointment and training status of District Election Officers (DEOs), Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), Booth Level Officers (BLOs), and Booth Level Agents (BLAs).
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission of India: The main organizing body of the conference.
Chief Electoral Officers: Attendees of the conference, representing all States and Union Territories.
SIR: Acronym for an electoral roll revision exercise, likely Systematic or Special Intensive Revision.
India International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM): The location of the conference in New Delhi.
Shri Gyanesh Kumar: Chief Election Commissioner who inaugurated the conference.
Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu: Election Commissioner present at the conference.
Dr. Vivek Joshi: Election Commissioner present at the conference.
Bihar: State whose Chief Electoral Officer presented on strategies, constraints and best practices.
Election Commission
ECI holds conference of Chief Electoral Officers of all
States/UTs to assess preparedness for nationwide
SIR
Posted On: 10 SEP 2025 8:30PM by PIB Delhi
1. The Election Commission of India organised the third Conference of Chief Electoral Officers this year
at India International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi.
2. The conference was inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar in the presence
of Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi. The Commission assessed
the preparedness of offices of the CEOs of all States/UTs for the nationwide SIR exercise.
3. A presentation on the strategies, constraints and best practices adopted was made by the CEO Bihar so
that the CEOs of the rest of the country learn from their experiences.
4. The CEOs gave detailed presentations on the number of Electors, qualifying date of last SIR and
Electoral Roll in their respective State/UT as per the last completed SIR. The CEOs also presented the
status of digitisation and uploading of the Electoral Roll after the previous SIR on the State/UT CEO
website.
5. They also gave the status of mapping of current electors with the electors as per the last SIR in the
State/UT.
6. In order to ensure that there is a uniform implementation of the Commission’s initiative to ensure that
no polling station has over 1,200 electors, the status of rationalisation of polling stations was also
reviewed.
7. The CEOs also provided suggested documents for the purpose of ensuring that no eligible citizen is left
out of the Electoral Roll and no ineligible person is included in it. It was reiterated that these documents
should promote ease of submission for the eligible citizens.
8. The Commission also reviewed the status of appointment and training of DEOs, EROs, AEROs, BLOs
and BLAs.
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