Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list commenced in 12 states and three Union Territories on Tuesday with over 80,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms. More than 16 lakh enumeration forms were distributed by the BLOs in West Bengal till 4 pm, a senior official said.

The Election Commission (EC) said its booth-level officers (BLOs) have fanned out to hand over semi-filled enumeration forms to electors and will also help them fill the required document. According to the schedule announced by the poll authority, SIR will begin with the enumeration stage and continue till December 4.