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NEW DELHI: Nearly seven lakh voters have been added to the electoral rolls in West Bengal ahead of the assembly elections, officials said, though detailed demographic data is yet to be released by the Election Commission of India. Of the newly added electorate, about 3.22 lakh are set to vote in the first phase, while…
In Bengal, the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has triggered sharp political controversy, with allegations that large numbers of people risk being struck off voter lists. But in Kalimpong’s Tibetan settlement, many residents recall the experience of voter verification very differently — as a process that recognised settled communities rather than excluding them.In…
NEW DELHI: Over 2 crore voters were included across 12 states and Union territories (UTs) during Phase 2 of special intensive revision (SIR), bringing down the net deletions to nearly 5.2 crore, or 10.2% of their combined electorate of about 51 crore at the start of SIR on Oct 27, 2025. Total deletions across Phase…
KOLKATA: Seventy-seven-year-old Mina Jalal, who was under adjudication for SIR, never came to know in her lifetime that she qualified to be a voter. The voter of the Chowringhee assembly constituency passed away on March 27, days before being named by the EC in the final list of April 9. Though she qualified, her husband,…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 74 lakh names have been removed from Gujarat’s draft electoral rolls following a large clean-up drive carried out under the Special Intensive Revision exercise. With this, the state’s total number of voters has dropped from the earlier 5.08 crore to 4.34 crore. The Election Commission released the updated draft rolls on Friday.State…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (ECI) is expected to soon decide on the rollout date for a nationwide special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the exercise likely to be conducted before the year-end, officials said on Wednesday.With assembly elections due in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in April–May 2026, the…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday lashed out at the Election Commission, saying it “must be named and shamed” for its “brazen non-compliance” with the Supreme Court’s directive to accept Aadhaar as proof of identity.“Today, once again for the third time, the Supreme Court reiterated the point that Aadhaar must be accepted as a valid…
NEW DELHI: After Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, his wife Kota Neelima has been issued a show-cause notice by the electoral registration officer (ERO) of New Delhi assembly constituency (AC) for being enrolled as an elector in two ACs located in different states.Neelima, a former general secretary of Congress’s Telangana unit who had fought the 2023…
