West Bengal SIR: Polling stations with zero ineligible voters drops from 2,208 to 29

Polling stations in West Bengal that had triggered scrutiny by the Election Commission for recording 100% digitisation of enumeration forms and zero ineligible electors drastically dropped in number from 2,208 to 29 on December 3, 2025.

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This follows the State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal seeking reports and reverification by the District Electoral Officers concerned earlier this week when 2,208 polling booths were found to have recorded zero dead, duplicate, shifted or untraceable electors in the enumeration phase of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s electoral rolls. 

As on Monday (December 1, 2025), more than 7,000 polling booths had recorded only between one to ten ‘uncollectable’ forms, also signalling negligible ineligible voters. West Bengal has more than 80,000 polling booths with around 900 to 1,000 electors per booth. 

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According to sources in the CEO’s office, the revised data on booths with zero uncollectable forms on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) shows 20 booths in South 24 Parganas, four booths in Malda, two in Purulia and one each in Jalpaiguri, Howrah, and Paschim Medinipur. Earlier, South 24 Parganas had recorded more than 700 such booths, Purulia 228 such booths, and Malda 216 booths, according to sources.

This development assumes significance as the Bharatiya Janata Party continues to allege grave irregularities in the ongoing SIR process and the recent appointment of electoral roll observers by the Election Commission to monitor the exercise in West Bengal.