Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy category” was published exactly at midnight after a day-long wait.The list was published online first on the main website of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at midnight. It was subsequently available on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, minutes later.On Monday evening, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kuma…
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Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Additional central forces are arriving in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections. An insider at the Election Commission said on Monday that a total of 2,400 companies of central forces will be deployed for the Bengal elections this time around.Notably, 480 companies of these central forces were deployed in the state as early as the beginning of this month.Reports indicate that another 300 companies of the central forces are set to reach the state by March 31. It is …
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The final voters’ list in West Bengal is all set to be published today, with voters’ names classified under three broad categories: “Approved”, “under adjudication”, and “deleted”.The “approved” category will include the names of individuals who have been classified as genuine voters.The “under adjudication” category will have the names of those voters identified under the “logical discrepancy” category, whose supporting identity documents are pen…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) With the final voters’ list in West Bengal to be published on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to share soft copies of the list with the registered political parties in the state for transparency.At the same time, the ECI is keeping multiple options open for the voters to check the status of their names in the final list, which will have names under two additional categories of “under adjudication” and “deleted”, apart from those enlisted as g…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has initiated the process for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 22 States and Union Territories, including the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, from April 2026, as the ongoing revision exercise in 13 States and Union Territories nears completion, an official said on Thursday.The States and Union Territories where the next round of SIR is scheduled to be undertaken include Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal …
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) With just three days left for the deadline for scrutiny of voters’ documents submitted during the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list to expire, around 20 lakh voters’ documents are pending re-verification from the side of the District Magistrates, who are also the District Eelectoral Officers (DEOs). Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that the majority of these documents that are pending re-verific…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) should directly initiate disciplinary action against errant electoral officers at different levels accused of deliberate irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, instead of sending repeated advisories to the state government to act against them, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.“The ECI has every right to directly take action against errant e…
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday that the documents related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will be preserved for the next five years. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, gave this direction at a virtual meeting, which was attended among others, by the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, his subordinate officers in the CEO office, all the district magistrates, the district electoral off…
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a crucial virtual meeting with all the top electoral officers in West Bengal, as well as the district magistrates and the district electoral officers, on Friday, ahead of the phase of the scrutiny of voters’ identity documents starting from Saturday.The extended deadline for completing hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in the state will end on Saturday. The phase of the scrutin…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued a show-cause notice to West Bengal’s Director General of Police (DGP) in response to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) allegations of intimidation and disruption during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant ordered the state police chief to file a personal affidavit explaining the allegations levelled in the poll body’s c…