The Election Commission (EC) will publish the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls in West Bengal on February 28, including all 7.08 crore names from the draft list, divided into three categories: “approved,” “deleted,” and “adjudication/under consideration,” an EC official said.
This release, in line with Supreme Court directives, is not the final list, as supplementary rolls will continue to be issued in phases while scrutiny and adjudication of “logical discrepancy” cases progress. Voters marked “adjudication” will not be allowed to vote until formally cleared, while “deleted” names will remain visible without reasons. Aggrieved voters will have opportunities to restore their entries later under EC provisions.
Names verified by February 25, when the SIR process concluded, will appear as “approved.” About 60 lakh voters referred to judicial officers for scrutiny of discrepancies will be listed under “adjudication” and remain ineligible to vote. At the time of the SIR notification, West Bengal had 7.66 crore registered voters.
After the first phase, 58 lakh names were deleted for reasons including death, migration, duplication, or untraceability, reducing the electorate to 7.08 crore in the December 16 draft rolls. The second phase covered 1.67 crore electors, including 1.36 crore flagged for logical discrepancies and 31 lakh lacking mapping.
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