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SIR: Over 99 per cent enumeration forms digitised, nearly 55 lakh excludable voters

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December 07, 2025

Almost 99 per cent of enumeration forms have been digitised during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, and the number of excludable voters stands at nearly 55 lakh.

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As per the trend of digitisation done till Friday, the total number of voters, whose names are likely to be deleted from the voters' list, is 54,59,541.

The figure was 52,99,663 as on Thursday night, sources in the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said.

"Of the 54,59,541 identified excludable voters, 23,71,239 names have been identified as deceased voters, and the rest are under the shifted, untraceable, and duplicate voters' categories. Some voters, though very few, have been deemed to be excludable because of other reasons," the CEO's office sources said.

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