Electoral Rolls
Name Not in the 2002-03 Electoral Roll? What SIR Mapping Means
How SIR links you to your state's last intensive-revision roll, how to search it, who counts as a relative, and which documents to keep ready if a notice comes.
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If you can't find your name in the 2002 or 2003 electoral roll, you can still return your Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration form. You can link yourself through a parent's or grandparent's entry in that roll instead. If nobody in your family can be found, you fill in your own details and leave the old-roll section blank. The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) may then send you a notice asking for a document. No document is needed while you return the enumeration form.
That linking of today's voter to an entry in the old roll is what people mean by SIR "mapping". This post explains which roll you are being matched against, how to search it, who counts as a relative, and what happens if no link is found.
What "the last SIR roll" means
Every state last went through an intensive revision of its electoral roll years ago. SIR uses that roll as the reference point. The CEO Delhi's SIR FAQ says the details asked for are those "as appearing in the voter list of 2002/2003/2005 (year of last SIR held in that particular State, as the case may be)". Delhi's last intensive revision was in 2002 and Bihar's in 2003. Other states use their own year. Your state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) website names it.
The enumeration form the Booth Level Officer (BLO) hands you has a section for Details of the Elector in the Electoral Roll of the last SIR and a second one for Details of the Relative whose name appears there. Each asks for the name, EPIC number if available, relative's name, district, state, Assembly Constituency (AC) name and number, part number and serial number.
The three situations
| Your situation | What you fill in | What happens next |
|---|---|---|
| You are in your state's last-SIR roll | Your own old entry (AC, part, serial number) | The BLO checks it against the old roll. |
| You are not, but a parent or grandparent is (in any state's last-SIR roll) | Your details, plus the relative's old entry | Linked through the relative. The BLO checks the relative's entry. |
| Neither you nor any parent or grandparent can be found | Date of birth, mobile, parents' (and spouse's) names and EPIC numbers. Leave the old-roll part blank | The ERO may issue a notice asking for documents. |
The relatives that count are your father, mother and grandparents, on both the paternal and maternal side (CEO Delhi FAQ, question 11). A married woman who wasn't on the old roll links through her own parents or grandparents, not her in-laws (question 12). If you were left out of the draft roll altogether, the route is different: see which of Form 6, 7 or 8 to file.
How to search the old roll
On the ECI portal (any state)
- Open the Search your name in last SIR service on voters.eci.gov.in.
- Select the state, district and Assembly Constituency as they stood in the old roll.
- Enter the elector's full name as it appeared in that roll, and the relative's full name.
- Enter the captcha and search.
- Note the AC number, part number and serial number from the result. These go into the enumeration form.
This works for people who moved states. The Delhi FAQ (question 8) tells anyone who settled in Delhi after 2002 to search their home state's old roll on this portal.
On your state CEO's website
Most CEOs also host the old roll. Delhi, for example, publishes the 2002 electoral roll with search by EPIC number, by elector details or by polling station. The BLO also carries the old roll for the booth and can look it up with you.
Why the search often comes up empty
- Constituencies were redrawn. The 2008 delimitation changed assembly constituencies in most states, so the AC you live in now may not be the one your family was in. Delhi publishes AC mapping tables from 2002 to 2025 and 2025 to 2002. Look for a similar table on your state CEO's site.
- Spelling. The old rolls were typed from handwritten forms. Try short forms of the name, the surname alone, the relative's name, and the regional-language spelling.
- Relationship listed differently. A married woman in 2002 was often listed with her husband as the relative, and a young voter with the father.
- The wrong year. If you were under 18 in your state's last-SIR year, you won't be on that roll. Link through a parent.
A worked example
Ritu was born in 1993 in Lucknow and moved to Delhi in 2016. She is on Delhi's current roll but not on Delhi's 2002 roll.
- She searches Delhi's 2002 roll anyway. She isn't there, which is expected.
- On voters.eci.gov.in she selects Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow district and the constituency her parents voted in at the time. She searches with her father's name as the elector and her grandfather's name as the relative.
- Her father's entry turns up. She fills her own details in the form and puts her father's old AC number, part number and serial number in the Relative section.
Because Ritu was born between 1 July 1987 and 2 December 2004, a notice would ask for documents for her and for one parent. Linking through her father's old entry is meant to avoid that.
If no link is found: the notice and the documents
The information sheet printed on the back of the enumeration form says the ERO will issue a notice to electors whose last-SIR details are "either not available or do not match the database". The documents asked for depend on when and where you were born:
| Born | Documents asked for (any one from the list, for each person) |
|---|---|
| In India before 1 July 1987 | One for yourself, showing date and/or place of birth |
| In India, 1 July 1987 to 2 Dec 2004 | One for yourself and one for your father or mother |
| In India after 2 December 2004 | One for yourself, one for your father and one for your mother. If a parent is not Indian, a copy of that parent's passport and visa at the time of your birth |
| Outside India | Proof of birth registration issued by the Indian Mission abroad |
| Citizen by registration or naturalisation | Certificate of Registration of Citizenship |
The form gives an indicative, not exhaustive, list:
- An identity card or pension payment order issued to a regular employee or pensioner of the Central or State Government or a PSU
- Any identity card, certificate or document issued in India by the Government, local authorities, banks, the Post Office, LIC or PSUs before 1 July 1987
- A birth certificate issued by the competent authority
- A passport
- A matriculation or educational certificate from a recognised board or university
- A permanent residence certificate from the competent State authority
- A forest right certificate
- An OBC, SC, ST or other caste certificate from the competent authority
- The National Register of Citizens, where it exists
- A family register maintained by government officials
- A land or house allotment certificate from the Government
- Aadhaar, under the ECI's letter No. 23/2025-ERS/Vol.II dated 9 September 2025
Documents are submitted self-attested, separately for each person the table asks about. Aadhaar is listed through that ECI letter. Under section 9 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, an Aadhaar number is not proof of citizenship or domicile, so treat it as proof of identity. If you have a birth certificate or a Class 10 certificate, keep it ready.
Where the current roll fits in
The enumeration form comes pre-printed with your current EPIC number, part and serial number. If you want to confirm those, or check which part your house falls in now, the free electoral roll search on myutils.me looks up your current part and serial number by EPIC number. It uses the Election Commission's public data and is not run by the ECI. That tool searches the current rolls; the old 2002-03 rolls are on the ECI portal and CEO websites described above. If your part number looks different from your last voter slip, see why your part number changed after SIR.
FAQ
Do I have to submit documents with the enumeration form?
No. The CEO Delhi FAQ says no document is required during the enumeration phase. Documents are asked for only if the ERO issues a notice.
My parents have died. Can I still link through them?
The form asks for the relative's entry in the old roll, not whether the relative is alive, so you can give a deceased parent's or grandparent's old entry. The BLO verifies the entry against the old roll.
I found my father but in another state. Does that count?
Yes. The relative's section asks for the district, state and constituency of the old entry, and the ECI search covers every state's last-SIR roll.
Is Aadhaar alone enough if I get a notice?
Aadhaar is on the list, governed by the ECI's 9 September 2025 letter, but it is proof of identity, not of citizenship. The ERO decides on the documents you submit. Giving one of the other listed documents as well avoids a second round.
Who do I ask for help?
Your BLO, whose name and number are printed at the top of the enumeration form. You can also call the Voter Helpline on 1950, or use Book a Call with BLO on voters.eci.gov.in or the ECINET app.
Sources
- FAQ on Special Intensive Revision 2026, Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi
- Enumeration Form (Annexure-III) with information sheet, CEO Delhi
- Declaration Form (Annexure-IV), CEO Delhi
- Special Intensive Revision 2026 page, CEO Delhi
- Electoral roll of Delhi, Intensive Revision 2002, CEO Delhi
- Voters' Service Portal, Election Commission of India
- Bihar SIR: 2003 electoral rolls uploaded on the ECI website, PIB
- ECI Press Note ECI/PN/086/2026 on SIR Phase III (copy on meghalaya.gov.in)
Topics
- SIR 2026
- Enumeration Form
- Last SIR Roll
- Electoral Roll 2002
- ERO Notice
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