Kolkata, Dec 16 || The draft voters’ list in West Bengal, marking the end of the first stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive in the state, was published on Tuesday.
At the same time, the Election Commission has also published a separate list of the excluded voters from the previous list as of October 2005. This includes deceased voters, shifted voters, untraceable voters, duplicate voters, and voters found suitable for exclusion for other reasons.
Voters now have three options to check whether their names are in the draft voters’ list. The first option is to check online by visiting the website “voters.eci.gov.in.” Again, the voter concerned can check whether his or her name is in the draft voters’ list by mentioning the EPIC card number. Similarly, the names of the excluded voters can be checked in the separate list published by the ECI.
Those unable to check online can visit their polling booth, concerned municipal or borough offices, or block development offices and verify their names from the printed lists available there.