West Bengal elections: Nearly 7 lakh voters added to electoral rolls days before polls

NEW DELHI: Nearly 7 lakh voters person been added to the electoral rolls successful West Bengal up of the assembly elections, officials said, though elaborate demographic information is yet to beryllium released by the Election Commission of India. Of the recently added electorate, astir 3.22 lakh are acceptable to ballot successful the archetypal phase, portion astir 3.88 lakh volition formed their ballots successful the 2nd phase, a elder authoritative said, quoted by PTI said. However, the committee has not clarified however galore of these are first-time voters who person precocious turned 18, nor provided a gender-wise break-up. Data connected Form-6 applications, utilized for inclusion successful electoral rolls, and the fig of rejections has besides not been disclosed.

Officials said lone aggregate figures person been released truthful far, with elaborate information maintained separately and apt to beryllium shared aboriginal if required. Following the latest revision, the full electorate successful the authorities stands astatine 6,82,51,008, a fig that whitethorn emergence further depending connected additions ordered by tribunals.Read afloat story: ‘Have guts? Face maine directly,' says Mamata Banerjee successful a 'dare' to BJP aft I-T raidsThe improvement besides follows past week’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) report, which showed West Bengal recorded nett deletions of 10.9%, among the highest crossed states, with large-scale removal of deceased, shifted and duplicate voters.