The Election Commission is set to release West Bengal’s final electoral roll on Friday, following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The final list will categorise approximately 7.08 crore voters in the state as ‘approved’, ‘deleted’ or ‘under adjudication’.
Voters can verify whether their names feature in the updated list through multiple channels.
They may use the ECINET mobile application, or visit the official websites —
www.voters.eci.gov.inhttp://www.voters.eci.gov.in www.ceowestbengal.wb.gov.inhttp://www.ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in
Steps to check your name online:
* Visit any of the aforementioned sites.
* Click on ‘Download Electoral Roll’ under the ‘Services’ section
* Select the required details:
* State: West Bengal
* Year of Revision: 2026
* Roll Type: SIR Final Roll 2026
* District: As applicable
* Assembly Constituency: As applicable
* Language: As preferred
* Enter the captcha code
* Choose your polling station from the list
* Click on “Download Selected PDFs” to access the roll and verify your name
Alternatively, electors can approach their respective polling stations or contact their Booth Level Officer (BLO) for assistance.
When the draft rolls were published on 16 December, the electorate had reduced from 7.66 crore to 7.08 crore. More than 58 lakh names were removed on grounds such as death, migration, duplication and untraceability.
The second phase of the exercise involved hearings for 1.67 crore electors. Of these, 1.36 crore cases were flagged over “logical discrepancies”, while 31 lakh entries lacked proper mapping. Around 60 lakh voters remain under adjudication.
The SIR, announced nationwide on 24 June last year, has so far been implemented in 13 states and Union Territories, including West Bengal. However, in the poll-bound state, the exercise has triggered sharp political debate.
The Election Commission has described the revision as a routine administrative process. The poll panel maintains that it is “routine and necessary to ensure accuracy”.
The ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), however, has strongly objected to the exercise, calling it “NRC through the backdoor”.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is among those who have challenged the revision before the Supreme Court of India. In a rare move on 4 February, she personally appeared before the court, urging that the upcoming Assembly election be conducted using the existing 2025 rolls.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court directed the deployment of serving and former district judges to assist the Commission in carrying out the revision. The court also allowed the EC to publish the draft list by 28 February, while permitting supplementary lists to be issued subsequently.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has backed the revision unequivocally. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and the Indian National Congress have questioned both the timing and the manner of the exercise.
The SIR has also sparked concerns over possible disenfranchisement. The TMC has claimed that at least 120 deaths have occurred since the process began on 4 November, including alleged suicides of voters and booth-level officials. The BJP has rejected attempts to directly link these deaths to the revision, accusing the ruling party of “fear-mongering for political mileage”.
The Election Commission has reiterated that the SIR is not a citizenship-verification drive and has emphasised that voters who feel aggrieved have avenues available for redress.
