Kolkata, Dec 19 || In the draft voters’ list, published on December 16, the number of applications for new enrolment is negligible compared to the number of voters excluded from the previous list as of October 2025.
Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, have said that the number of applications for new voters’ enrolment during the first stage of their enrolment has been 3,24,800 compared to the massive figure of 58,20,899 excluded voters from the earlier list.
The number of applications for new voters’ enrolment has also been negligible compared to the figure of 30,59,273 unmapped voters, meaning those who have no connection with the voters' list for 2002, the last time when the SIR was conducted in the state, either through “self-mapping” or through ”progeny mapping”.
The figure of 3,24,800 applications for new voters’ enrolment through submission of Form-6 includes those who have just completed 18 years, as well as those voters who have opted for the shifting of voters’ enrolment.