Amid speculations of a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted for West Bengal’s electoral roll, the 2002 voters’ list of some districts has been made available online on the website of the State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). Reportedly, the last SIR of the voters’ list in West Bengal was conducted in 2002.
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This development assumes significance considering that in Bihar, the last SIR was conducted in 2003 and the electoral roll of that year has been kept as a reference point for the submission of identification documents for the SIR of 2025. “The ease of availability of 2003 Electoral Rolls of Bihar, would hugely facilitate the ongoing SIR in Bihar as now nearly 60% of the total electorate, would not have to submit any documents,” a release on the Election Commission of India dated June 30 reads.
Speculations around an SIR in West Bengal further intensified in political circles after Saturday (July 26, 2025), when a Presidency Division Level Training Programme was conducted at Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha for Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), Supervisors and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of Howrah, Kolkata North, Kolkata South, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, and South 24 Parganas.
