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Bengal SIR: Enumeration form distribution deadline missed again
The Statesman Kolkata
|November 16, 2025
The deadline for distribution of enumeration forms, which is the first stage of the three-stage special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal, has been missed again, with 22 lakh enumeration forms yet to be distributed.
As per figures available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, a total of around 7.45 crore enumeration forms have been distributed in the state up to 6 p.m. on Friday, which is around 97 per cent of the total of 7,66,37,529 electors in West Bengal as per the electoral roll as on 27 October. The initial deadline for completing the distribution of enumeration forms was 11 November, but at that time, around 15 per cent of the electorate could not get them.
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