Kolkata, February 28 The districts of Murshidabad and Malda, which have a Muslim-majority population, have the highest number of voters whose documents have not yet been verified, according to the final electoral rolls issued by the Election Commission following the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) exercise in West Bengal.
A total of 60.06 lakh voters have been marked as "under adjudication" in the final electoral rolls, pending verification. Among them, 11.01 lakh are in Murshidabad, and 8.28 lakh in Malda, officials said.
There are 5.91 lakh such voters in North 24 Parganas and 5.22 lakh in South 24 Parganas, they said.
Other districts with a significant number of voters listed as "under adjudication" are Uttar Dinajpur (4.80 lakh), Purba Bardhaman (3.65 lakh), Howrah (2.89 lakh), Nadia (2.67 lakh) and Birbhum (2.02 lakh), they added.
Most of these districts, including Murshidabad and Malda, share a border with Bangladesh.
Kalimpong (6,790) and Jhargram (6,682) have the lowest number of such electors, officials said.
"Voters under adjudication have been included to ensure that no eligible person is excluded while the verification of documents and claims continues," an official said.
Adjudication, to be carried out by judicial officers, will continue even after the publication of the final rolls, with supplementary lists issued as the exercise progresses, he said.
"Necessary corrections or deletions, if warranted, will be carried out after the completion of a thorough inquiry," he said.
The state's electoral rolls have shrunk by 8.30 per cent following the SAV exercise, from 7.66 crore to just over 7.04 crore.
