New Delhi: The draft electoral roll for West Bengal revealed on Tuesday, together with these for 4 different states/UTs underneath Section 2 of particular intensive revision (SIR) has 7.1 crore electors after 7.6% (58 lakh) of its 7.6-crore voters as of Oct 29, 2025, was discovered to be lifeless, shifted/absent or enrolled at a number of locations. Electoral registration officers (EROs) additionally discovered that 28 lakh enumeration varieties have been returned with out mapping with the roll from the final SIR, whereas ‘logical discrepancies’ have been present in varieties submitted by 1.65 crore electors.
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This implies round 1.9 crore electors in West Bengal might be issued notices by EROs, to clarify the discrepancies and produce verifying paperwork. A listening to might be held to determine the elector’s whereabouts previous to the final SIR. Those that fail to fulfill the ERO won’t make it to the ultimate roll.WB roll deletions at 7.6%, Kol North tops with 26percentThese electors returned their varieties with incomplete or incorrect particulars (the modified rule underneath SIR Section 2 did away with the necessity to submit any paperwork).TOI has learnt that the ‘logical discrepancies’ embrace greater than six progeny being linked to the identical mum or dad within the roll from final SIR, an elector aged greater than 45 years who has by no means enrolled, ‘father name mismatch’, lower than 15-year or over 50-year age distinction with the mum or dad, and fewer than 40-year age distinction with the grandparent.Although the speed of deletions in West Bengal is 7.6% — comprising 3.2% lifeless electors, 4.3% shifted/absent and 0.18% enrolled at a number of locations — the district-wise deletions ranged from a low of three.3% in Purba Medinipur to 25.9% in Kolkata North and 23.8% in Kolkata South. Paschim Bardhaman noticed 13.1% electors being struck off the district’s rolls.Considerably, the deletions in seven districts bordering Bangladesh are beneath the state common — solely North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas reported greater deletions of 9.5%. Nonetheless, the ‘father name mismatch’ charge in border districts is excessive: 15.9% in Malda, 15% in Uttar Dinajpur and 12.5% in Murshidabad. Even Darjeeling, bordering Nepal, has 13.8% ‘father name mismatch’ and Kalimpong, which adjoins Darjeeling, 19.9%.As for the opposite states/UTs the place draft rolls have been revealed on Tuesday, Rajasthan noticed 41.8 lakh, or 7.6% of its 5.48-crore voters as of Oct 29, being faraway from the rolls. The deletions in each Goa and Puducherry have been slightly over 1 lakh; Puducherry noticed the best charge of exclusions at 10.1%, bringing down its voters to 9.18 lakh from 10.2 lakh. Goa had 8.45% of its 11.8 lakh electors struck off the rolls, decreasing its voters to 10.8 lakh.Within the small UT of Lakshadweep, round 2.47% of voters have been discovered to be lifeless, shifted and duplicate electors, shrinking its voters to 56,384 from 57,813.The checklist of lifeless, shifted/absent and duplicate voters has been shared with sales space degree brokers (BLAs) of political events and revealed on the CEO web site and public workplaces. Claims and objections could be filed by the elector or BLAs until Jan 15, 2026. The discover part, involving listening to and verification of eligibility paperwork, will proceed as much as Feb 7, 2026.The ultimate roll for the 5 states/UTs might be revealed on Feb 14, 2026.
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