New Delhi | As many as 12.32 crore electors have found their names in the draft electoral rolls of three states and two Union territories published on Tuesday as part of the ongoing special intensive revision as compared to the 13.36 crore people who were part of the voters' list on October 27.
Election Commission officials said the names in the draft electoral rolls also include new voters who had filled up Form 6 to become part of the electorate.
In West Bengal, out of 7.66 crore electors as on October 27, as many as 7.08 crore were included in the draft electoral rolls, a net difference of 58 lakh.
EC officials said the electors who did not return the enumeration forms have been included in the last of ASD -- absent, shifted, dead/duplicate electors.
Their names have not been deleted and the decision will be taken by respective election registration officers of respective constituency before the final list is published in February next year.
In Rajasthan, out of the 5.48 crore electors, as many as 5.04 crore have made it to the draft rolls and 44 lakh have been included in the ASD category.
In Goa, of the 11.85 lakh electors, 10.84 have been included in draft voters' list, while another 1.01 lakh are in ASD category.
In Puducherry, of the 10.21 lakh electors, 9.18 lakh have made it to the draft rolls, a deduction of 1.03 lakh.
The Union territory of Lakshadweep had 58,000 electors as on October 27 and 56,384 have made it to the draft list.
The Election Commission had announced SIR in 12 states and Union territories on October 27 but had revised timelines for various states later.
Last week, the poll panel had extended the timeline for the SIR in five states and one UT following requests from the CEOs.
The schedules were revised for Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The enumeration period for these six states and Union territory was to end on Thursday last and the draft electoral rolls were to be published on December 16.
The enumeration period for Tamil Nadu and Gujarat has been extended till December 14, where the draft electoral rolls will be published on December 19, the statement said.
For Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the enumeration period has been extended till December 18 and the draft electoral rolls will be published on December 23.
The enumeration period for Uttar Pradesh has been extended till December 26 and the draft electoral rolls will be published on December 31.
The enumeration period for Goa, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan and West Bengal will end on Thursday and the draft electoral rolls will be published on December 16.
The schedule for Kerala was revised earlier. The enumeration period for the state will end on December 18 and the draft electoral roll will be published on December 23.
Kolkata | The TMC leadership has decided to instruct party booth-level agents (BLAs) to carry out fresh, door-to-door scrutiny of deleted voters' names in Bhabanipur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's assembly constituency, after nearly 45,000 electors were struck off from the draft electoral rolls under the SIR exercise, party sources said on Tuesday.
The party held a meeting of local leadership in Bhabanipur segment during the day.
According to Election Commission data, Bhabanipur had 2, 06,295 voters as of January 2025. The draft rolls now carry 1,61,509 names, indicating that 44,787 voters, nearly 21.7 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted.
The TMC is miffed that a large number of voters had been marked as "dead", "shifted" or "absent" by the Commission.
"The party leadership made it clear that no valid voter's name should be deleted under any circumstances. Every deleted name must be physically verified," a TMC source said.
Bhabanipur comprises Kolkata Municipal Corporation wards 63, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77 and 82. Party sources said wards 70, 72 and 77 recorded particularly high deletions, with ward 77, a minority-dominated area, flagged for special attention during the scrutiny.
Bhabanipur, a dense urban constituency, has a sizeable population of residents originally from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha.
With the hearing process on claims and objections expected to begin shortly, the party has directed local leadership to stand by affected voters during verification.
The TMC asked local units to continue running the neighbourhood-level "May I Help You" camps to assist people with documentation, form-filling and hearings, and said volunteers should visit homes if required.
The meeting was attended by senior leaders along with councillors and senior party leaders.
The developments in Bhabanipur come amid widespread deletions across south Kolkata.
Draft rolls show that four politically high-profile assembly segments -- Bhabanipur, Kolkata Port, Ballygunge and Rashbehari -- together recorded over 2.16 lakh deletions, nearly 24 per cent of their combined electorate. When the SIR process began, these seats together had around 9.07 lakh voters.
Kolkata | Around 1.36 crore voters will be called for hearings as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference after the draft rolls were released, Agarwal said the state has completed the SIR exercise within the stipulated timeframe.
"Among the big states, we finished in time. Others have asked for more time," he said.
"Around 1 crore 36 lakh voters will be called for hearings, though this number may reduce. If someone cannot attend a hearing due to a genuine reason, it will certainly be considered," he said.
Agarwal said the names of these voters were flagged during the process.
He said some names have been removed from the draft rolls due to mismatches and procedural reasons.
"They will also be called, and there will be no difficulty," he said, adding that voters whose names do not appear in the draft rolls should submit Form 6 along with Annexure 4.
Booth-level officers (BLOs) have already started making door-to-door visits to notify those who would be called for a hearing, he said
The CEO also called for greater delegation of powers.
"In Bihar, the EROs were given the responsibility for disposals. We are asking that AEROs be given more powers," he said.
Agarwal also acknowledged the role of political parties in the process.
"Agents of political parties have helped us, and we are thanking them for their cooperation," he said.
He said complaints or information related to the draft rolls could be shared with the observers.
"Special camps have been opened, and BLA-BLO meetings have been held," he said.
