Kolkata, February 27 – With the final voter list for West Bengal to be published on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to share soft copies of the list with the registered political parties in the state for transparency.
At the same time, the ECI is keeping multiple options open for voters to check the status of their names in the final list, which will include names under two additional categories – "under adjudication" and "deleted" – in addition to those listed as genuine voters of the state.
The first option is to visit the main website of the Election Commission of India – eci.gov.in – and check the site by entering the voter's name along with their EPIC number.
Another way to check the names is to visit the official website of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's office at ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in.
The third option is to visit the websites of the respective district electoral officers (DEOs) and check names.
In addition to these three online options, the ECI has also decided to keep different options open for offline checking. Since copies of the final voter list will also be shared with the booth-level officers (BLOs), voters can contact their respective BLOs and check with them.
At the same time, the ECI will display hard copies of the final voter list at polling booths in different areas, so that voters can visit the booths and check their names.
As already clarified on Thursday, the final voter list will include names under two additional categories – "under adjudication" and "deleted" – in addition to those listed as genuine voters of the state.
This means that the names in the final voter list will be specified under three categories.
The "under adjudication" category will include the names of those voters whose identity documents will continue to be under the process of adjudication by the judicial officers appointed specifically for this purpose, as per the order of the Supreme Court. In the final voter list, these voters will be listed in the ‘under adjudication’ category.
Supplementary lists will be published in due course. These will include the names of the "under adjudication" category voters, once cleared by the judicial officers after due adjudication.
The third category in the final voter list will be those voters who have been excluded during the entire course of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise that started in November last year. The names of these excluded voters will appear in the final voter list under the "deleted" category.
