Kolkata, February 28 The Election Commission (EC) is likely to delete another eight lakh names, in addition to the 58 lakh voters previously removed from the state's draft rolls, taking the total deletions due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal to around 66 lakh so far, sources in the poll body said.
The exact figures for deletions can only be ascertained after the rolls are fully published online, an official said.
The figures reached after the final publication of the rolls may not be accurate, as there will be additions to the deletion figure through Form 6 applications and fresh deletions based on Form 7 applications, he said.
Another 60.06 lakh names were categorized as 'under adjudication' in the published rolls, signifying those currently being scrutinized by judicial officers, and their inclusion or deletion will be determined in subsequent supplementary lists, he added.
The adjudication category indicated that the total deletions in the final electoral rolls of the state may increase significantly, EC officials said.
The commission approved a total of around 6.4 crore names as "approved" voters across the state. That figure is also likely to increase significantly after the adjudication process for around 60 lakh voters is complete and the final supplementary list is published, they said.
The rolls were published in offline mode in phases on Saturday afternoon, with hard copies of the list put up in the SDO and BDO offices of the districts.
As of the latest reports received, soft copies of the consolidated list were yet to appear online on designated EC portals, including voters.eci.gov.in, ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in, and electoralsearch.eci.gov.in, as well as on the ECINET mobile app.
Those approved by the EC will be allowed to exercise their franchise in the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, whose schedule is likely to be announced by the poll body by the middle of March.
The published list classified 7.08 crore electors, all of whom appeared in the draft rolls, as 'approved', 'deleted', or 'under adjudication'.
The SIR process in West Bengal began on November 4 last year with the distribution of enumeration forms among voters. The EC took 116 days to provisionally complete the exercise and publish the final but incomplete list amid political turbulence, revision of document verification rules, and legal challenges.
The draft rolls published on December 16 saw the electorate shrink from 7.66 crore – to whom enumeration forms were distributed based on the appearance of names in the state's electoral rolls till August 2025 – to 7.08 crore, with over 58 lakh names deleted due to death, migration, duplication, or untraceability.
The second phase covered hearings for 1.67 crore electors – 1.36 crore flagged for 'logical discrepancies' and 31 lakh lacking mapping.
Around 60 lakh voters remain under adjudication on grounds of 'logical discrepancies' in their enumeration forms.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the first statewide exercise since 2002, was conceived by the Election Commission as a statutory clean-up ahead of a major election.