Did SIR Impact West Bengal Results? What Election Commission Data Says

Saturday, 9 May 2026Newsdesk

The numbers suggest that while there were indeed large-scale deletions of "ineligible" electors during the SIR process, there were also equally significant additions.

New Delhi 09 May 2026

As per news report of NDTV,The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls emerged as one of the most politically contentious issues in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. Months before polling, the exercise triggered fierce opposition from the Trinamool Congress and several opposition parties, which alleged that the revision drive was aimed at disenfranchising minorities, migrants and economically weaker voters. Protests were held across the state, the Election Commission came under sharp criticism, and opposition leaders repeatedly claimed that lakhs of legitimate voters were being deleted from the rolls.

Source - NDTV