Folks wait in queues throughout hearings below the Particular Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, at Krishnanagar, in Nadia, West Bengal. File
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This comes on the day (February 14) that the SIR hearings have been formally accomplished within the State after a seven-day extension given by the Election Fee (EC).
“For the folks whose names are within the draft roll however their names didn’t characteristic within the last roll, they may all get an order. Then, they may have an opportunity to make an enchantment to the District Election Officer, after which to the CEO. They’ll at all times get their names again [on the rolls] in the event that they have been eliminated because of errors,” Manoj Kumar Agarwal, West Bengal CEO, stated.
He added that every one SIR hearings have been formally accomplished in West Bengal inside the prolonged deadline.
For contemporary inclusions
Mr. Agarwal added that this isn’t the top of inclusions and deletions from the voter listing as voters can nonetheless apply for contemporary inclusions by way of Type 6 throughout different upcoming elections.
Nonetheless, all of the 4.98 lakh no-shows at hearings and 1.63 lakh ineligible voters may very well be faraway from the 2026 last voter listing of West Bengal.
Round 58 lakh voters have been deleted after the draft electoral rolls have been revealed. They got here below the useless, completely shifted, untraceable classes. Over 94.49 lakh folks have been summoned for hearings below the logical discrepancies class, and 31.68 lakh have been labeled as “unmapped”, they have been additionally requested to seem for hearings.
A complete of seven,66,37,529 electors have been enrolled in West Bengal’s voter listing as of October 27, 2025, earlier than the SIR train began. Of them, 7,08,16,630 names have featured within the draft voters’ listing.
Calling upon the Electoral Registration Officers and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, he stated: “It’s now all on them to do their jobs with out worry or favour so we are able to get a clear voter listing in West Bengal, which doesn’t take away any legitimate voter but additionally doesn’t add any faux or unlawful voter.” He added that the EROs and AEROs should comply with all EC tips and make selections about voters after verifying all paperwork.
In line with sources within the CEO’s workplace, in addition they obtained 42,501 Type 7 submissions. Nonetheless, they didn’t share whether or not the decision on voter deletions primarily based on the Type 7 submissions has been reached.
The ultimate voter listing is about to be revealed on February 28, after which the election dates are more likely to be declared. The 2026 State Meeting elections are anticipated to happen within the subsequent few months.
Printed – February 14, 2026 08:17 pm IST
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