Assembly constituencies in West Bengal with a higher percentage of Muslim population have a lower share of unmapped voters in the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, a study by Kolkata-based SABAR Institute has found.
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) published draft electoral rolls of West Bengal following the SIR, with names of 58 lakh electors deleted from the existing voter lists in the State.
The analysis found that 20 Assembly constituencies with the highest share of unmapped population have an average Muslim population of 13.75%, which is much lower than the State’s average Muslim population of 27% in the last Census.
West Bengal SIR's latest status report shows a clear pattern: the share of unmapped voters actually declines as the Muslim population increases. This directly undermines the narrative of "Muslim infiltrators"
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