The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of electoral rolls in the remaining 16 states and three Union Territories (UTs). The Phase-III of the SIR process will cover the entire country, except for Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

During this phase, 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will conduct house-to-house visits of 36.73 crore electors with the assistance of 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties to assist in this process.

The exercise will be conducted in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Telangana, and Uttarakhand.

The Union Territories included in the exercise are Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Chandigarh, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.