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The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Tuesday (December 16, 2025) published the draught electoral rolls of 5 States and Union Territories arsenic portion of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, including West Bengal, which is owed to spell to the Assembly polls adjacent year.
More than 58 lakh names person been removed from the existing elector lists successful West Bengal, nearly 42 lakh in Rajasthan, 10 lakh in Goa, a small much than a lakh successful Puducherry and nearly 1500 in Lakshwadweep.
Unlike the SIR workout successful Bihar, voters were not required to submit any of the 11 indicative documents to beryllium included successful the draught database nether this phase, announced connected October 27. Thus, the names of each voters who have submitted the Enumeration Form would beryllium successful the draught list.
ECI sources said that notices would beryllium issued to voters whose names are successful the draught database successful lawsuit of immoderate doubt, and they tin beryllium asked to produce documents. The draught database besides includes names of voters who could not beryllium mapped successful the 2002-2003 database erstwhile the SIR was conducted, arsenic good arsenic those who mightiness person been wrongly matched.
“Verification of each lawsuit volition commencement now,” the sources told The Hindu.
In West Bengal, 7.08 crore (92.4 %) voters—out of 7.6 crore connected the electoral rolls arsenic of October 2025, earlier the SIR was announced—have submitted the Enumeration Forms and, arsenic a result, person been included successful the draught list. Of the names deleted, 24.16 lakh (3.15 %) were dead, 32.65 lakh (4.26 %) were recovered to person shifted oregon were absent, and 1.38 lakh (0.18 %) were recovered enrolled astatine aggregate places.
In Rajasthan, of 5.46 crore voters successful the existing list, 5.04 crore (92.34%) person been included successful the draught list. Of the names deleted, 8.76 lakh (0.63%) were deceased voters, 29.6 lakh (5.43%) belonged to those who had shifted oregon were absent, and 3.44 lakh (0.63 %) were recovered enrolled astatine aggregate places.
In Goa, 10.84lakh (91.56%), of 11.85lakh names, are successful the draught list. Of the names removed, 25,574 (2.16 %) were deceased, 72,471 (6.12 %) were recovered shifted or absent, and 1,997 (0.17%) had enrolled astatine aggregate places.
In the Union Territory of Puducherry, of the existing 10.21 lakh names, 9.18 lakh (89.87%) are in the draft list. Of the names deleted, 20,798 were deceased, 80,645 were recovered shifted oregon absent, and 2,024 were enrolled astatine aggregate places.
Lakshadweep, the different Union Territory, has 56,384 (97.53%) names successful the draught list, of the existing 57,813 voters. Of those near out, 705 were dead, 252 were recovered shifted/absent and 472 belonged to those who had enrolled astatine aggregate places are 472.
The ECI said that the draught rolls, on with a detailed, booth-wise database of deleted voters and reasons for deletion, person been made disposable connected the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) website, the Election Commission’s voter portal and the ECINET application.
The canvass assemblage said that if a elector does not find his oregon her sanction successful the draught voter list, then helium oregon she indispensable capable Form 6 and submit it on with the requisite documents.
During the claims and objections play from December 16, 2025, to January 15, 2026, immoderate existing oregon prospective elector whitethorn record claims oregon objections for inclusion of eligible electors oregon deletion of ineligible names. The verification signifier volition extremity connected February 7. The last rolls will be published connected February 14.
The ECI had announced SIR 2.0 successful 12 states and Union Territories. But the workout had to beryllium postponed repeatedly, chiefly owed to work-related unit connected Booth Level Officers to implicit the enumeration phase. Many person allegedly committed termination oregon person wanted to discontinue owed to the pressure.
