As the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise ended in West Bengal, it has come to light that over 50 lakh voters are likely to be excluded from the voters’ list. The number of dead, transferred, and missing voters has increased slightly.
Statistics provided by the Election Commission sources reveal that a total of 58,80,202 names are going to be excluded after the enumeration phase ends on Thursday. There may be slight changes in these figures in the draft list. However, there is no possibility of much change.
The number of dead voters in the state so far is 24,18,699. The number of missing voters amounts to 12,11,462 people. A person is considered missing if the concerned booth-level officer (BLO) visits a voter's house three or more times in search of him but fails to locate him.
Besides, a total of 19,90,387 voters have changed their address in this state. Their names were on the voter list in more than one place. So, their names have been left out all, except in one place. The EC has identified a total of 1,37,575 voters in the state as 'fake'. Their names will also not be in the draft list. Apart from this, another 57,509 people have been kept in the 'other' list. They are also going to be left out.
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Special Roll Observer Sri Krishna Kumar Nirala, IAS along with BLOs visiting & interacting with electors at 273 Ausgram AC of Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal.#SIR@ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI @PIBKolkata @SveepPurba pic.twitter.com/wDFoXA2fIP
— CEO West Bengal (@CEOWestBengal) December 11, 2025
The draft voter list will be published in West Bengal on December 16. The EC will hold a hearing if there are any complaints or errors in that list. The commission will prepare the final list after verifying the evidence. It will be published on February 14, 2026.
The ECI has divided the voters into three lists - own mapping, progeny mapping and non-mapping. Those whose names were on the 2002 voter list (the last SIR was conducted in the state in 2002) are in their own mapping list. This comes to 2,93,69,188 voters.
Those whose names are not in the 2002 list but have the names of their parents or relatives are in the progeny mapping list. The number of such voters in the state is
3,84,55,939 people.
Apart from this, there are 30 lakh voters whose names or the names of their relatives are not in the 2002 list. They are in the non-mapping list. All the voters in this third list will be called for a hearing by the commission.
Their evidence and documents will be verified. In addition, if there is any doubt about the information of any of the voters in the first two lists, they may be called for a hearing.
