EC Omissions 12 Lakh Voters from Draft SIR Roll in Bengal, Including 2 Lakh in Kolkata

12Kolkata: Names of over 12 lakh ‘missing or absent' voters in Bengal were omitted from the draft SIR roll published by EC on Tuesday. Around 2 lakh of them are from the city.These 12 lakh voters are among the 58.2 lakh electors marked as ‘absent, shifted, dead/duplicate (ASD)'.The commission has listed Jorasanko, Chowringhee, Howrah North, Kolkata Port, Ballygunge, Shyampukur, Cossipore-Belgachhia and Beleghata as assemblies with a high number of ASD voters in Bengal.The draft roll contains 7,08,16,621 names out of 7,66,37,519 voters of Bengal as of Oct 27. The maximum number of deletions were found in South 24 Parganas at 8,16,047, followed by North 24 Parganas at 7,92,064 and Kolkata at 6,06,764.IPL Auction 2026IPL Auction 2026: Full list of sold and unsold players for all teamsIPL 2026 team and squad List: Updated players for all 10 Teams; who got whomAcross 25 assembly segments in the city and fringes, some of which come under North and South 24 Parganas, around 11.5 lakh voters had their names struck off the draft list.At 74,553, the highest number of name deletion was found in Chowringhee, followed by Shyampukur with 72,900 omitted voters and Ballygunge with 65,171. According to the draft SIR roll, Baranagar had the lowest number of omitted voters at 31,320, followed by Dum Dum at 33,862 names and Kamarhati at 35,191 names.Jadavpur has 22,172 dead, 4,789 shifted and 24,217 absent voters, Dum Dum North 16,466 dead, 8,289 shifted and 8,431 absent voters and Behala West 23,928 dead, 11,404 shifted and 14,778 absent voters. The commission marked 19,377 dead, 12,121 shifted, and 23,676 absent electors in Kasba. About 16,221 electors were found dead, 14,977 shifted, and 11,618 absent in Bidhannagar. Tollygunge has 14,272 dead, 9,385 shifted, and 10,656 absent voters.JU physics professor Partha Pratim Ray, a Kasba voter, was shocked upon finding himself being marked as ‘untraceable/absent' on the draft roll, though his wife's names was on the roll. "Even my BLO is clueless but she says it may be a technical glitch. I have been asked to fill Form 6. This is sheer harassment," he said.As for dead voters, Behala West is on the top with 23,928 names, followed by Behala East with 23,420 and Jadavpur with 22,172 names. When it comes to permanently shifted voters, the highest number was found in Kolkata Port at 29,011, followed by Beleghata at 26,538 and Chowringhee at 25,053.In the ASD category, around 39,634 voters from two Kolkata districts — Kolkata North and Kolkata South— were omitted from the draft list. Kolkata North saw 23,546 deletions and Kolkata South 16,088.(inputs by Dipawali Mitra)Get an chance to win ₹5000 Amazon Voucher by taking part in India's Biggest Habit Index! Take the survey here