About six lakh more names are likely to be removed from the West Bengal voter list, as hearings for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State are set to end on February 14. In the first phase of the SIR, 58 lakh names were already removed from the State’s voter list, and the total number of electors dropped to 7.08 crore.
Sources at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal pointed out that, so far, approximately 6.25 lakh electors were absent from their SIR hearings.
Notices for ‘logical discrepancies’ in enumeration forms were issued to about 1.36 crore voters, and the details of 1.23 crore of them have been verified. While details are yet to be uploaded for a few lakh voters, about 6.25 lakh voters did not appear for their hearings despite notices being issued to them by the ECI.
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