Gurgaon: Booth level officers (BLOs) will begin visiting households across Gurgaon district from Monday as part of the special intensive revision (SIR-2026) of electoral rolls, a month-long exercise being conducted under the directions of Election Commission of India. The drive will continue until July 14.During the campaign, BLOs will verify voter details, register newly eligible voters, update records of those who have shifted residence, and correct discrepancies in electoral data. The district administration said all preparations have been completed and BLOs have been trained and issued detailed guidelines ahead of the drive.“The electoral roll is the foundation of the democratic process and maintaining its accuracy remains a top priority for the administration,” said deputy commissioner Uttam Singh. He urged voters to check that details such as name, address, age and photograph are correctly reflected in the electoral roll and to flag any errors to their BLO or the election office during the revision period. Citizens were also encouraged to ensure all eligible members of their families are registered.Voters needing assistance can call Election Commission’s toll-free helpline 1950, which will operate daily from 7am to 9pm. Constituency-level helplines have also been set up: 0124-2672900 for Pataudi, 0124-2570029 or 9289790907 for Badshahpur, 8700751185 for Gurgaon, and 9466142565 for Sohna. At the district level, voters can reach the election office at 0124-2224047. A district-level help desk is functioning on the second floor of Shram Bhawan, and a Gurgaon help desk has been set up in the election Kanungo room.The administration is encouraging voters to use the ECINet mobile application developed by Election Commission. Through the app, voters can download their e-EPIC, check their name in the electoral roll, locate their polling station and access other election-related services without visiting an office. The app also allows voters to contact their BLO directly, schedule assistance calls and submit feedback on services received during the door-to-door campaign. Citizens have been urged to upload their latest photographs through the app to help keep the voter database current.Singh said digital platforms would make election services faster, more transparent and more accessible.The district administration has constituted a media cell to monitor misinformation and misleading content circulating on social media and digital platforms during the SIR-2026 campaign. Any false information will be promptly investigated, the administration said, urging citizens to rely only on official sources for election-related updates.“The objective is to ensure transparency in the electoral process and provide voters with accurate information,” said Singh.Earlier, EC came out with several ‘logical discrepancies’ that can set off notices to voters during SIR — from improbable family age gaps and changing parent names to entries backed by only Aadhaar.Officials said if a voter’s details do not match earlier records, or if the data throws up red flags, they may be asked to prove age and address through prescribed documents before their entry is confirmed. They also clarified that Aadhaar will be accepted only as proof of identity, not as evidence of date of birth (DOB) or residence during scrutiny. “Aadhaar is only for identification, not for address and age. Electors will have to submit additional documents for address and age,” Badshapur SDM Sanjiv Singla said.The commission has listed more than 10 categories of ‘logical discrepancies’ and anomalies that can trigger a notice. These include less than nine months’ gap between two persons shown as progeny with the same parents, less than 15 years or more than 50 years gap between a parent and child, different parent names in current enrolment versus the last SIR, incorrect age progression between the current roll and 2002 SIR and cases where only Aadhaar has been submitted.During the exercise in Haryana, voters will be broadly grouped as ‘mapped’ and ‘unmapped’. Mapped electors are those whose names appear in the 2002 roll, when Haryana last conducted an SIR, or those not in the 2002 roll but who are recorded as the progeny of mapped electors (father, mother, grandfather or grandmother). Unmapped electors are those who do not meet these conditions.Officials said if an elector’s details match exactly with the previous SIR record, no notice will be issued. If the match is partial or there is a discrepancy in matching, a notice will be served, and the elector may have to produce additional documents.The commission has also cited four broad reasons for conducting the SIR. They include frequent migration, multiple entries of the same voter at different places, non-removal of absentee/shifted/dead entries, and illegal enrolment of foreign nationals.
