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Most West Bengal voters awaiting adjudication during the peculiar intensive revision of electoral rolls are from minority-dominated districts, according to data shared by the State’s Chief Electoral Officer.
There are 60,06,675 cases nether adjudication successful the last rotation published connected February 28, 2026. Muslim-dominated districts person the highest fig of specified voters, including 11 lakh successful Murshidabad and 8 lakh successful Malda. n fact, these 2 districts bordering Bangladesh person astir 1 3rd of cases nether adjudication. There are 4.8 lakh cases nether adjudication successful Uttar Dinajpur, 5.9 lakh successful North 24 Parganas, and 5.2 lakh successful South 24 Parganas. These districts besides person a precocious percent of number population.
There are 501 judicial officers moving to wide the names of 60 lakh electors, and supplementary lists volition beryllium published, successful accordance with the Supreme Court’s bid of February 20.
West Bengal’s last electoral roll, published connected February 28, has 7.04 crore electors, 8.09% little than erstwhile the process started connected October 27, 2025.
‘Fixed people for deletion’
The Trinamool Congress enactment plans to proceed its protests against the SIR. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee volition beryllium connected a dharna against the Election Commission of India, connected March 6 successful Kolkata. The enactment is protesting the deletion of 62 lakh voters arsenic good arsenic the further 60 lakh electors placed nether adjudication. Ms. Banerjee has held respective protestation marches against the SIR implicit the past fewer months.
At a property league targeting the ECI connected Sunday, Trinamool Congress MP and wide caput Abhishek Banerjee alleged that the “target of deleting implicit 1 crore voters was decided adjacent earlier the workout began”.
“Even earlier the commencement of SIR, these leaders had said that 1 crore to 1.25 crore voters volition beryllium deleted. They had fixed a target. The Election Commission is acting accordingly,” Mr. Banerjee alleged. There were besides immoderate protests by a conception of Matuas, a sect of Hindu refugees who had migrated to West Bengal from Bangladesh. The assemblage has borne the brunt of the SIR process and seen a fig of elector deletions, the protesters claimed.
The Trinamool Congress besides highlighted the lawsuit of women’s cricket World Cup-winning prima Richa Ghosh, who donned the bluish jersey and brought glory to the nation, and has present been placed “under adjudication” successful the last electoral rolls.
