The final voters’ list in West Bengal, part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), was released on Saturday. In Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Assembly constituency, about 47,000 voters’ names were removed, while in the Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s constituency, around 11,000 names were deleted. According to the Chief Electoral Officer’s office, in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, where Banerjee is the legislator, 47,111 names were deleted from the final voters’ list.
Similarly, in Nandigram Assembly constituency, where Adhikari is the legislator, 10,994 names were deleted from the final voters’ list. In Bhabanipur, 14,154 voters’ documents are under judicial adjudication, indicating more deletions might occur after the process. In Nandigram, 8,819 voters’ documents are under judicial adjudication. There has been no response from Trinamool Congress regarding the significant voter deletions in Bhabanipur. However, Adhikari mentioned that the deletion of a large number of voters from Bhabanipur could worry the Chief Minister.
In Bhabanipur, there might not be enough voters left to ensure the Chief Minister’s victory in the upcoming Assembly polls, according to Adhikari. In the 2021 Assembly election, Banerjee contested from Nandigram but lost to Adhikari. She later won a by-election in Bhabanipur and continued as Chief Minister for a third term.
