A top EC official in Kolkata said on Wednesday that nearly 40 per cent of the 32 lakh names adjudicated so far have been deleted from the electoral rolls of West Bengal.
Converting into real figures, the number of removed electors under adjudication currently stands at 13 lakh.
With some 63 lakh names struck off the rolls earlier during the SIR exercise in the state, the total number of deleted voters rose to nearly 76 lakh, the official confirmed.
The poll panel had released the first supplementary list of ‘Under Adjudication’ voters on Monday, but remained tight-lipped on the number of deletions or the precise figure of cases disposed of in that list, drawing criticism from various quarters.
A total of 58 lakh names were deleted following the enumeration phase of the SIR exercise, slashing the state’s eligible electors from the initial 7.66 crore to 7.08 crore on grounds of death, migration, duplication and untraceability.
The post-SIR rolls published on February 28 further brou​A top EC official in Kolkata said on Wednesday that nearly 40 per cent of the 32 lakh names adjudicated so far have been deleted from the electoral rolls of West Bengal.
Converting into real figures, the number of removed electors under adjudication currently stands at 13 lakh.
With some 63 lakh names struck off the rolls earlier during the SIR exercise in the state, the total number of deleted voters rose to nearly 76 lakh, the official confirmed.
The poll panel had released the first supplementary list of ‘Under Adjudication’ voters on Monday, but remained tight-lipped on the number of deletions or the precise figure of cases disposed of in that list, drawing criticism from various quarters.
A total of 58 lakh names were deleted following the enumeration phase of the SIR exercise, slashing the state’s eligible electors from the initial 7.66 crore to 7.08 crore on grounds of death, migration, duplication and untraceability.
The post-SIR rolls published on February 28 further brou ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
