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Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has completed digitization of 19.36 per cent of counting forms collected by booth level officials in West Bengal as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
This marks the completion of the first phase of the three-phase process, which began on November 8.
According to data provided by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, as of 6 pm on Wednesday, digitization of about 1.48 crore enumeration forms had been completed, which is 19.36 per cent of the total 7,64,11,983 enumeration forms already distributed among voters in the state.
The total number of voters in West Bengal as per the voter list as of October 27, 2025 is 7,66,37,529, which means 2,25,546 enumeration forms are yet to be distributed.
ECI aims to complete the digitization process of voters’ details mentioned in the enumeration forms by the end of the current month November and proceed at the pace of the current digitization process.
Officials from the CEO office said the entire process will be completed within the time limit set by the commission.
Currently, the SIR process is underway in a total of 12 Indian states and union territories, including West Bengal. The entire process is expected to be completed by March next year.
The last time SIR was conducted in West Bengal was in 2002.
Existing voters whose name or their parents appear in the 2002 electoral roll will automatically be considered valid voters in the current SIR process. Those who do not have their own or their parents’ name will have to provide any one of the 11 identity documents specified by the ECI to retain their name in the voter list.
Although Aadhaar card has been included as the 12th document in the list, the Commission had made it clear that those presenting Aadhaar card will have to submit one more of the 11 other identity documents specified by the Commission.
–IANS
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