Kolkata, Dec 15 || The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision for re-verification of data provided in the duly-filled enumeration forms collected by the booth-level officers (BLOs) during the first stage of the three-level ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal has led to the detection of around eight lakh additional excludable voters within just seven days from December 3 to December 11.
The re-verification of data in the enumeration forms began on December 3 and continued until December 11, which was also the last day for submitting and digitising the enumeration forms.
The total number of identified excludable voters as of December 3 was around 50.22 lakh, which sharply increased to 58.08 lakh on December 11, insiders from the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.
The number of deceased voters as of December 3 was around 23 lakh, which increased to around 24.18 lakh on December 11.
The number of shifted voters, that is, voters who have permanently shifted to another place, was around 17 lakh on December 3. The same number increased to around 20 lakh as of December 11.