The Election Commission has published the second supplementary voters' list for West Bengal under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, with over 37 lakh adjudication cases disposed of. This follows the first list released on March 23, covering about 29 lakh cases.
Over 37 lakh adjudication cases have been disposed of by 705 judicial officers under the direct supervision of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, sources from the Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office said on Friday, as the Election Commission published the second supplementary voters’ list for poll-bound West Bengal under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
This comes after the first supplementary list on March 23, which covered approximately 29 lakh cases, with an additional 8 lakh resolved since then. Of nearly 60 lakh names initially pending review—about 8.5% of the total electorate—37 lakh have now been settled. CEO office sources indicated that around 40% of the reviewed names have been excluded, though no official breakdown of inclusions versus deletions has been provided yet.
Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal stated earlier: “Once the supplementary lists are published, any individual whose name has been dropped can challenge the decision. Appellate tribunals, to be established by the Calcutta High Court, will be the designated forum for these challenges.”
Under SIR, roughly 1.25 crore notices were issued to voters due to discrepancies in enumeration forms. The Supreme Court appointed judicial officers to review the eligibility of 60,06,675 electors ahead of the assembly elections.
