Meghalaya achieves 99.62% coverage in electoral roll revision; Draft Roll to published on August 5

Shillong, July 28: Meghalaya has achieved 99.62 per cent coverage in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll for 2026, with the house-to-house enumeration exercise entering its final day, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dr. B.D.R. Tiwari said on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference in Shillong, Dr. Tiwari said enumeration forms have been distributed to 2,340,764 electors out of the state’s total electorate of 2,349,645. The remaining electors could not be traced during the exercise.

He informed that 2,278,071 enumeration forms, accounting for 96.95 per cent of the total electorate, have already been digitised. The remaining forms will be digitised within the prescribed timeline before the publication of the draft electoral roll on August 5.

The house-to-house enumeration drive is scheduled to conclude on July 29.

Earlier in the day, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer held a review meeting with representatives of recognised national and state political parties to brief them on the progress of the revision exercise and the roadmap leading up to the publication of the draft roll.

Dr. Tiwari said political parties have extended full cooperation throughout the process, with more than 1,600 Booth Level Agents (BLAs) deployed across the state to assist election officials.

“We are deeply appreciative of their participation and constructive suggestions throughout the entire SIR process,” he said, adding that no complaints have been received from any political party regarding the revision exercise.

Meanwhile, field verification of Absentee, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD) entries is continuing across all districts. A total of 224,435 electors have been identified under the ASDD category for verification.

The CEO said regular review meetings and weekly video conferences are being held with District Election Officers (DEOs), Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) to ensure the exercise is completed in accordance with the Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines.

Following the publication of the draft electoral roll on August 5, electors and political parties will be given an opportunity to file claims and objections before the final electoral roll is published.