The Election Commission of India (ECI) has disclosed that during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, 91.46 lakh “logical discrepancy” cases were found through progeny-mapping. These cases involve voters with unusual family-tree data in their records. Initially, the ECI had detected 1.36 crore such cases, but after a thorough review, the number was reduced to 91.46 lakhs.
These 91.46 lakh cases of “logical discrepancy” are separate from 58.20 lakh “excluded voters” and 30 lakh “unmapped” voters who couldn’t link to the 2002 voters list. The Commission is currently addressing the issues of the “unmapped” voters, with plans to tackle the “logical discrepancy” cases next. Among the identified cases, the majority involve name mismatches with the 2002 list, totaling 51 lakhs.
In West Bengal, the second-highest category of cases (24 lakhs) is about multiple voters linked to a single father. Notably, there are 4.75 lakh voters with age differences of 15 years or less compared to their fathers, and 8.41 lakhs with age differences of 50 years or more. Additionally, around three lakh voters have age differences of 40 years or less compared to their grandfathers.
Trinamool Congress has urged the Commission to officially release details on these “logical discrepancy” cases instead of leaking information to the media. The draft voters’ list for West Bengal was released on December 16, with the final list scheduled for publication on February 4. Subsequently, the Commission will announce the polling dates for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
