1. As per existing policy of the Election Commission of India, the Annual Summary Revision with reference to the 1st January of the coming year as qualifying date is normally conducted in the later part of each year in all States/UTs so that final publication of electoral roll is made in the first week of January of the succeeding year.

As per the provisions in Section 14 of the Representation the People Act, 1950, four qualifying dates (1st January, 1st April, 1st July & 1st October) are available and therefore Annual Summary Revision is conducted with reference to 1st January of the succeeding year as qualifying date, along with seeking advance application for three subsequent qualifying dates i.e. 01^st April, 01^st July and 01^st October of the year.

2. The Commission has decided to carry out Annual Summary Revision with reference to 01.01.2025 as the qualifying date in all States & UTs except Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and UT of Jammu & Kashmir, in such a manner that the electoral rolls are finally published much before National Voters’ Day (25th January of every year), so that EPICs generated for new electors especially young voters (18-19 years) can be distributed to them in ceremonial manner on the day of NVD.

3. There are two stages of conducting revision exercise of electoral roll, namely, pre-revision activities and revision activity. For the purpose of achieving good quality electoral rolls, pre-revision activities are given equal weightage as that of revision activity. The schedule of the Special Summary Revision of electoral roll, 2025 is as follows: