The Election Commission of India has deleted 91 lakh voters from the electoral rolls of West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in the state. As a result, the total number of voters has dropped by nearly 12%, from 7.66 crore electors in October 2025 to 6.75 crore at present. For comparison, West Bengal had 7.34 crore eligible voters during the 2021 Assembly elections.
In this episode of Editorial, HW News’ Managing Editor Sujit Nair discusses these voter deletions in poll-bound West Bengal and raises questions about the validity of the 2024 Lok Sabha election results, which were conducted using electoral rolls that included these 91 lakh names, now removed ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.
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