West Bengal election controversy: Now TMC’s crushing defeat and SIR issue reaches Supreme Court, SC gives this advice

New Delhi: After suffering a huge defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) has moved the Supreme Court regarding the election results. The party alleges that the results in many seats were affected due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list. TMC claimed that the results of at least 31 seats changed due to this process.

SIR held responsible 

According to media reports, during the hearing of the case related to SIR in the Supreme Court on Monday (11 May 2026), the lawyer appearing for TMC and the representative of Bengal government, Kalyan Banerjee, made a strong argument.

He said that in the 31 seats where BJP won, the victory margin was much less than the number of voters removed in SIR. According to Banerjee, if this revision had not taken place, the results on these seats could have been different.

He told the court that a large number of voters’ names were deleted in the SIR process, which had a direct impact on the electoral field. TMC believes that the process was not fair and caused losses to their party. Special mention was made of Bhawanipur seat, where Mamata Banerjee herself was contesting or was affected.

Court’s suggestion: File a separate petition 

The bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, while hearing the matter, advised TMC to file a separate petition. The court said that the affected candidates of these 31 seats, including Mamata Banerjee, can file separate or joint petitions with this claim.

The bench clarified that this issue cannot be taken up in detail in the present case, hence a separate petition is a better option. Mamata Banerjee’s name was taken because Bhawanipur seat is also said to be included among those 31 seats, where the number of voters in SIR is said to be more than the victory margin.

Election controversy and the way forward 

This development can bring a new twist in the politics of West Bengal. TMC has been in power for a long time and instead of accepting this defeat, it is raising questions on procedural lapses. The party says that large-scale deletion of names from the voter list affects the democratic process.

On the other hand, BJP has been rejecting these allegations and calls its victory a decision of the people. The SIR process was an initiative of the Election Commission, aimed at eliminating fake voters. But TMC is targeting it and fighting a court battle.

Now it remains to be seen whether TMC files a separate petition or not and what verdict the Supreme Court gives on this issue. This matter is not limited to just 31 seats, but is believed to be related to the credibility of the entire electoral system.

Political analysts believe that if the court gives any relief in favor of TMC, then the political picture of Bengal may change again. At present TMC is out of power and is fighting strongly in the role of opposition.