Following the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the final voter list has been published. The number of voters has dropped from 76.6 million to 70,459,284. This means that 6.36 million names have been removed from the SIR so far, representing 8.3% of the total electorate. Over 5.8 million names were removed from the draft list released in December. The CEO stated that the verification of the names of over 6 million voters is still ongoing. However, they have been added to the new voter list. The list may be changed later after a decision on these names is made. In the 2021 elections, the margin of victory in 166 out of 294 seats was less than 25,000. Of these, the TMC won 102, while the BJP won 64. Of the 36 seats with a margin of less than 5,000, the BJP won 22 and the TMC won 13. In such a scenario, every vote counts. However, the TMC won 108 out of 111 seats with margins of more than 25,000 and 43 seats with margins of more than 50,000. The voter verification process began in 12 states and Union Territories (UTs) on October 27, 2025, under the second phase of the SIR. So far, the final lists for 11 states and Union Territories have been published. The final list for Uttar Pradesh will be released on April 10. Elections in Bengal likely to be announced in the second week of March. The State Election Commission stated that the dates for the West Bengal Assembly elections are likely to be announced in the second week of March. Speculation is ongoing about the number of phases the elections will be held in. The official stated that voting could take place in three phases. The Commission’s full bench has already visited Tamil Nadu and Assam, but has not yet visited West Bengal. Previously, the list for 10 states was released on February 23. Tamil Nadu has a total of 56.7 million voters. Approximately 7.4 million people were deleted in this process. Read the full story… February 21 – A total of 5,39,81,065 voters are registered in Madhya Pradesh. In this process, names of 34,25,078 voters have been deleted from the state. Read the full story… There are 5,15,19,929 voters in Rajasthan. Names of 31,36,286 voters have been deleted from the state. Read the full story… A total of 1,87,30,914 voters are registered in Chhattisgarh. 2,34,994 new voters have been added in the final list as compared to the draft list. Read the full story… There are a total of 2,69,53,644 voters in Kerala, whereas before the start of SIR in October last year, there were 2,78,50,855 voters. The number of voters in Andaman and Nicobar has come down to 2,58,040. 52,364 names have been deleted from the list. The total number of voters in Goa is 10,57,566. Before the introduction of SIR, a total of 11,85,034 voters were registered in Goa. February 17 – After the final voter list of Gujarat, a total of 4,40,30,725 voters are registered in the state. February 14 – A total of 9,44,211 voters are registered in the Union Territory of Puducherry and a total of 57,607 voters are registered in Lakshadweep.
February 10: Final list published in Assam The EC released the final voter list under the Special Revision (SR) 2026 in Assam. According to the EC, more than 2.43 lakh names have been removed compared to the draft voter list. Now a total of 2,49,58,139 voters are registered in the state. The number of voters in the draft voter list was 2,52,01,624. Following the special revision process, 243,485 names were removed from the list. The final list now includes 12,482,213 men, 12,475,583 women, and 343 third-gender voters. Learn about SIR… It’s a process implemented by the Election Commission. It updates the voter list, adding new voters over 18 years of age. Names of those who have died or relocated are removed. Errors in names and addresses are also corrected. BLOs go door-to-door to ensure voter forms are filled out. SIR has been completed from 1951 to 2004, but the last 21 years are pending. During this long period, many changes to the voter list are necessary, such as migration and names appearing on the voter list in two places. This happened in Bihar in the first phase. The final list contains 74.2 million voters. ———————————————– Read this news also… SIR announced in 22 states and union territories including Delhi-Karnataka, EC said- process will start from April The Election Commission has announced Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country on 19 February. Election Commission Secretary Pawan Diwan has written a letter to the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of 22 states and union territories asking them to complete the preparation work related to SIR as soon as possible. The Election Commission informed in the letter that the SIR process is expected to start from April in the remaining 22 states and union territories including Delhi and Karnataka. Read the full news…
