Three weeks after the enumeration phase of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) began for West Bengal’s electoral roll, about 27 lakh voters have been identified as “dead, duplicate, untraceable and shifted” till 12 p.m. on Friday (November 28, 2025), said sources in the office of the State’s Chief Electoral Officer said. This includes roughly 15,53,000 dead voters.
Before SIR began, as of October 27, 2025, West Bengal’s voters’ list officially comprised 7.6 crore electors.
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Additionally, sources in the CEO’s office said, as of Friday’s noon, around 58,164 duplicate voters have also been found. Roughly 2.61 lakh voters have been found to be untraceable, while around 8.88 lakh voters have been identified as “shifted”.
The numbers of dead, duplicate, untraceable and shifted electors have been ascertained based on the successful distribution of 99.83% enumeration forms and the digitisation of around 87.91% forms across the State. Around 1.31 lakh forms are yet to be distributed as of today, according to sources.
