West Bengal Assembly elections: Nearly 7 lakh voters added to electoral rolls days ahead of first phase of polling

NEW DELHI: Nearly 700,000 voters have been added to West Bengal’s electoral rolls ahead of assembly elections, officials said, but detailed population data is yet to be released. election commission of india.PTI quoted a senior official as saying that of the new voters, around 3.22 lakh people will vote in the first phase, while nearly 3.88 lakh people will vote in the second phase. However, the commission has not yet clarified how many of these are first-time voters who have recently turned 18, nor has it provided a breakdown by gender.

Data on Form-6 applications for inclusion in the electoral roll and the number of rejections have also not been disclosed. Officials said only overall data has been released so far, with detailed data being kept separately and could be shared later if needed.After the latest revision, the total number of voters in the state is 6,82,51,008 and the number is likely to increase further based on court orders.Read the full article: ‘Do you have the guts? ‘Face me directly’, Mamata Banerjee says as she throws ‘challenge’ to BJP after IT raidThe development also follows last week’s Special Intensification Revision (SIR) report, which showed West Bengal had a net deletion rate of 10.9 per cent, the highest among states, with large-scale deletion of deceased, transferred and duplicate voters.