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Electoral Storm in Bengal: Thousands of Names Removed Per Seat, TMC Flags ‘Massive Mismatch’ Impacting 1.25 Crore People
Politics in West Bengal is heating up even before formal campaigning begins, with the voter list revision under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) turning into the main political battlefield.
The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken the matter to the Supreme Court of India, projecting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as fighting to protect voters’ rights, while alleging that nearly 1.25 crore Bengalis were made to stand in verification lines and that over 19,000 names per seat were deleted on average.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, claims the revision is aimed at removing “ghost voters” and infiltrators, accusing Mamata of fearing a clean-up of fake entries. Data analysis shows that in 2021, 166 of 294 seats were won by margins below 25,000 votes, meaning large-scale deletions could significantly impact close contests.
So far, over 58 lakh names have been removed from the draft list and around 1.26 crore notices issued, many linked to “logical discrepancies” such as spelling variations in names, triggering long queues and document verification hearings across the state.