Nadia sees around 2.71L deletions, Bankura 1.18L as EC publishes post-SIR rolls of Bengal in phases

KOLKATA: (Feb 28) The Election Commission's phased publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal has revealed that Nadia district has recorded around 2.71 lakh deletions since the exercise began in November, while Bankura has seen a net reduction of 1.18 lakh names, underscoring the scale of churn ahead of the assembly elections due in April.

In the north Kolkata zone, comprising seven assembly constituencies all currently held by the TMC, around 4.07 lakh names were omitted from the rolls during the SIR process, EC sources said.

Of these, about 3.90 lakh were removed in the draft stage and another 17,000 in the final list. However, the number of fresh additions in north Kolkata is yet to be officially ascertained.