1. The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) two-day Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) concluded today at the India International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi.
2. The conference was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar in the presence of Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi.
3. CEOs of the States/UTs from across the country attended the Conference.
4. The Commission directed the CEOs to finalise their preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in their respective States/UTs. After the presentations by senior officers of the Commission on the SIR process, queries raised by the CEOs were also clarified.
5. The Commission assessed the progress made on the directions previously issued to the CEOs to map the current electors with the electors as per the last SIR in the State/UT.
6. The Commission also interacted one-to-one with the CEOs of poll-bound States/UT of Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal.
7. The Conference is being held as a follow up to the SIR preparedness conference held on September 10, 2025 during which all the States/UTs 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.

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