Bengal SIR: ECI to set watertight guidelines for scrutiny of voters’ documents at meet today Kolkata, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a crucial virtual meeting with all the top electoral officers in West Bengal, as well as the district magistrates and the district electoral officers, on Friday, ahead of the phase of the scrutiny of voters’ identity documents starting from Saturday. The extended deadline for completing hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in the state will end on Saturday.

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Bengal SIR: ECI waiting for answers to questions on Bengal govt officials Kolkata, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Grave uncertainties are looming over the inclusion of the 8,505 Group-B officers provided by the West Bengal government in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, as the Election Commission (ECI) has not received the detailed background information of these officers from the state government till February 11. Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that besides asking for the pay bands of all these 8,505 officers whose names have been recommended by the state government, the ECI had also sought some additional details in case of some in the list whose status as Group-B officers is doubtful.

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Bengal SIR: ECI might publish two separate lists of ‘unmapped’ and ‘logical discrepancy’ cases Kolkata, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Saturday, might publish two separate lists of “unmapped” and “logical discrepancy” cases identified during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court, acting on a petition filed by Trinamool Congress, directed the Commission to publish only the list of “logical discrepancy” cases. However, on January 21, the ECI announced that it would take the apex court’s order and publish two separate lists of “unmapped” and “logical discrepancy” cases identified during the revision exercise.

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Bengal SIR: ECI asks micro-observers, SROs, to report cases of deviations in document authentication Kolkata, Jan 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid reports of unlisted identity documents being accepted as authentic ones during the hearing sessions on the claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India has directed the special roll observers (SROs) and the micro-observers to report such cases to the ECI daily. Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) stated that the ECI has also outlined a step-by-step procedure for reporting cases of unlisted documents being cleared as authentic.

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Bengal SIR: ECI directs registration of FIR against Trinamool legislator over ransacking of Farakka hearing centre Kolkata, Jan 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed registration of an First Information Report (FIR) against Trinamool Congress legislator from Farakka Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, Manirul Islam, in relation to the ransacking of a centre for hearing on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal. The ransacking allegedly conducted by the ruling Trinamool Congress activists last week, was reportedly led by Manirul Islam as per media reports and videos surfacing about the incident that took place on January 14.

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Bengal SIR: ECI clarifies reasons behind appointment of 2,000 additional micro-observers Kolkata, Jan 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified its plans to appoint 2,000 additional micro-observers for the hearing session on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, and to consider a proposal to increase the number of hearing centres. An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) explained that the decision to appoint these 2,000 additional micro-observers had been taken not just because such a large number of “logical discrepancy” cases had been identified in the course of “progeny mapping”, but also because of the diverse nature of discrepancies identified by the system.

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Bengal SIR : ECI cautions micro-observers of disciplinary action over SOP violations Kolkata, Jan 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India has cautioned the micro-observers in West Bengal of strong disciplinary action in case of any deliberate deviation from the ECI-prescribed standard operating procedure (SOP) for them. The micro-observers have been appointed for the supervision of the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list, which is the ongoing second level of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.

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Bengal SIR: ECI reviewing accusations of I-PAC staff deployed as data-entry operators after being shown as contractual govt staff Kolkata, Jan 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the controversies of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s raid and search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of the entity’s co-founder Pratik Jain on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct a review of the complaints received about I-PAC staff allegedly being appointed as data-entry operators in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal after being shown as contractual state government employees.

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Bengal SIR: ECI relaxes rules for migrant workers, students studying outside for hearing sessions Kolkata, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Physical presence for hearing sessions will not be mandatory for migrant workers from West Bengal who are currently residing in other states for their livelihoods and students from the state studying elsewhere, who have been detected as “logical discrepancy” cases in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified. Family members of such categories of voters would be able to reach the hearing centres on their behalf and furnish the required documents to clarify the ECI's doubts in the matter, confirmed an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).

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Bengal SIR: ECI gets 1,90,463 applications for inclusion of new names during hearing sessions Kolkata, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has provided statistical details of applications for additions and deletions of names in the voters' list, submitted during the hearing sessions on claims and objections that began after the list was published on December 16, 2025. Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that from December 16, 2025, to January 3, 2026 (the latest trend available), the ECI has received 1,90,463 Form-6 applications, which pertain to the inclusion of new names in the voters' list.

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Bengal SIR: ECI makes BLOs, supervisors accountable to ensure 85+ voters not summoned for hearings Kolkata, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made the Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) and the BLO Supervisors accountable for ensuring that the voters who have attained the age of 85 or above do not have to appear physically at the hearing centres for attending the sessions on the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list. The ECI, at the same time, has also made the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and the Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) accountable to ensure that enough awareness drives are conducted in the areas under their respective jurisdictions to make people aware of its decision giving relaxation to post-85-year-old voters from appearing physically to attend the hearing sessions.

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Bengal SIR: ECI clarifies why it refused Trinamool’s demand for BLA entry in hearing centres Kolkata, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified why Trinamool Congress’ demand to allow the party’s booth-level agents at the ongoing hearing sessions on the claims and objections regarding the draft voters’ list in West Bengal was turned down by it. The hearing session is the main part of the second stage of the three-phase Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.

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Bengal SIR: ECI summons Trinamool MLA’s mother, brother for hearing Kolkata, Dec 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A controversy has surfaced in West Bengal after the Election Commission of India (ECI) summoned the mother, brother, and brother’s wife of a Trinamool Congress legislator to appear for hearing on the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list despite all having names in the 2002 voters’ list, the last time when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was conducted in the state.

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Bengal SIR: ECI to seek explanations from BLOs on doubtful cases in draft voters’ list Kolkata, Dec 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will take written explanations from the booth-level officers (BLOs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on the doubtful cases in the draft voters’ list, which was published on December 16. Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that the ECI had identified around 1.4 crore of such doubtful cases where written explanations will be sought from the BLOs.

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Bengal SIR: ECI to start sending notices for hearing on claims, objections from today Kolkata, Dec 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI), from Thursday, will start sending notices for hearing on the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, thus marking the end of the first stage of the three-part Special Intensive Exercise (SIR), which started from November 4. The draft list was published on Tuesday. Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that to begin with, the ECI will send notices to the “unmapped” voters, which means those voters who have no connection with the voters' list for 2002, either through “self-mapping” or through ”progeny mapping".

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Bengal SIR: ECI to give list of excludable voters to BLAs for better transparency Kolkata, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the deadline for the submission and digitisation of the enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal coming to end at 12 midnight on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to handover the separate lists of excludable voters to the booth-level agents (BLAs) of all the political parties in the state that are registered with the it.

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Bengal SIR: ECI stresses on minute progeny mapping after flaws detected in voters’ list Kolkata, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the digitisation of enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal almost nearing conclusion, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the electoral officers in the state to focus on minute 'progeny’ mapping amid serious flaws being detected with regards to the parents’ identities in the current voters’ list in the state as on October 27.

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Bengal SIR: ECI identifies 18.70 lakh dead voters in current list Kolkata, Nov 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the first stage of the three-level Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal is coming to a close, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has already identified 18.70 lakh dead voters still existing in the current voters’ list, till November 29 evening. Sources from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that the ECI has further scaled up its estimated number of voters likely to be deleted from the draft voters’ list to be published on December 9.

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Bengal SIR: ECI sets target for daily digitisation of enumeration forms Kolkata, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) To complete the digitisation of the enumeration form for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal by the month-end, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has set a target for the daily digitisation of the forms for the booth-level officers. Under this target, each BLO will have to upload 150 enumeration forms collected by him or her from the voters in the special app provided by the ECI to them.

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Bengal SIR: ECI team in Kolkata to review preparedness, BLO recruitment Kolkata, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti will review the preparedness of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on Wednesday at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). Other crucial issues to be discussed in the meeting include allegations of rampant irregularities in the selection of booth-level officers (BLOs) in certain districts, and the district-wise Assembly constituency mapping, among others.

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