West Bengal Election Commission Identifies 14 Lakh Uncollectable SIR Forms Due to Absent, Deceased, or Relocated Voters

The Election Commission announced on Tuesday that nearly 14 lakh SIR enumeration forms have been identified as "uncollectable" in West Bengal.

Officials explained that these forms are classified as "uncollectable" because the voters were either absent, duplicated in records, deceased, or had permanently relocated from their registered addresses.

The number has seen a significant increase from the 10.33 lakh uncollectable forms reported on Monday.

"As of Tuesday noon, the number stood at 13.92 lakh. We expect this figure to continue rising daily as more updates roll in," stated an official from the Election Commission.

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have been deployed across the state to distribute forms and collect necessary household data as part of the electoral revision process.

The commission has mobilized more than 80,600 BLOs, supported by approximately 8,000 supervisors, 3,000 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, and 294 Electoral Registration Officers for this comprehensive revision exercise in West Bengal.

Tragically, three BLOs have died during the course of this ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.