As the final voters’ list in West Bengal was released, it revealed that 99 Assembly constituencies had no new voter inclusions during the Special Intensive Revision. This process, which began in December last year, saw no Form-6 applications for fresh inclusions in these constituencies. The Chief Electoral Officer’s office confirmed this lack of new voter applications.
In approximately 34% of the state’s 294 Assembly constituencies, there were no applications for fresh voter inclusions during this revision phase. However, officials mentioned that there is still time for voters to submit Form-6 applications before the upcoming Legislative Assembly election. The Election Commission has been conducting awareness campaigns to educate voters about the importance of participating in the revision exercise.
Notably, the Nadia district, bordering Bangladesh, recorded the highest number of constituencies with zero fresh voter inclusion applications at 14. The final voters’ list indicated that 61,78,245 names have been deleted under the Special Intensive Revision process. The number of deletions is expected to increase as around 60 lakh voters’ identity documents are still under judicial review.
