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North 24 Parganas Tops Bengal's "Under Adjudication" Voter List at 5.9 Lakh

North 24 Parganas district has the highest number of voters categorized as "under adjudication" in West Bengal, with 5.90 lakh cases pending judicial scrutiny of documents. South 24 Parganas follows with 5.20 lakh such cases, contributing to a state-wide total exceeding 60 lakh voters under this classification. The Election Commission of India will publish the final electoral roll, providing transparency by sharing soft copies with political parties. Voters can verify their status online via the ECI or state CEO websites, or offline through booth-level officers and physical copies at polling stations.

Key Points: Bengal's Highest "Under Adjudication" Voters in North 24 Parganas

  • 5.9 lakh cases in North 24 Parganas
  • State total exceeds 60 lakh
  • Final list published Feb 27
  • Multiple verification methods available
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SIR exercise: North 24 Parganas records highest 'under adjudication' voters in Bengal

North 24 Parganas leads West Bengal with 5.9 lakh voters under adjudication ahead of the final electoral roll publication. Learn how to check your status.

"the number of 'under adjudication' cases in North 24 Parganas stood at 5.90 lakh - CEO office sources"

Kolkata, Feb 27

North 24 Parganas district has recorded the highest number of "under adjudication" cases in West Bengal ahead of the publication of the final voters' list by the Election Commission of India on Saturday.

As already clarified by the Commission, the final voters' list will classify electors into three categories -- "approved", "under adjudication", and "deleted". The "under adjudication" category comprises voters identified under the "logical discrepancy" segment, whose supporting identity documents are pending scrutiny by judicial officers appointed for the purpose.

Supplementary lists will be published from time to time for these "under adjudication" voters depending on the progress of judicial scrutiny after the publication of the final voters' list.

Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that as of Friday afternoon, the number of "under adjudication" cases in North 24 Parganas stood at 5.90 lakh, the highest among all districts in the state.

The second-highest number has been recorded in South 24 Parganas, another Kolkata-adjacent and Bangladesh-bordering district, where the figure stands at 5.20 lakh.

West Midnapore district ranks third with one lakh "under adjudication" cases, followed by East Midnapore in fourth place with 80,000 cases.

The two electoral districts in Kolkata -- Kolkata Dakshin and Kolkata Uttar -- rank fifth and sixth respectively, with 78,000 and 60,000 "under adjudication" cases.

The total number of "under adjudication" cases across the state as of Friday evening stands at a little over 60 lakh.

The ECI has decided to share soft copies of the final list with registered political parties in the state in the interest of transparency. It has also provided multiple options for voters to check the status of their names in the final roll.

Voters can visit the official website of the Election Commission of India -- eci.gov.in -- and check the status by entering their name along with their EPIC number.

They may also visit the official website of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer at ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in.

Another option is to visit the websites of the respective District Electoral Officers (DEOs) to verify names.

Apart from these online options, the ECI has kept offline verification avenues open. Copies of the final voters' list will be shared with booth-level officers (BLOs), and voters can contact their respective BLOs for verification.

Hard copies of the final list will also be displayed at polling booths across different areas, enabling voters to check their names in person.

- IANS

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Priyanka N
Good that they are providing so many options to check our names online and offline. I just checked on the CEO website, the process was quite simple. Everyone should verify their status. 👍
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Suresh O
60 lakh voters under adjudication across the state? That's a massive number. While transparency is good, this process creates uncertainty for so many citizens right before elections. The judicial officers must work swiftly.
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Ananya R
As a resident of North 24 Parganas, I appreciate the effort to clean the rolls, but 5.9 lakh cases here alone feels targeted. Hope it's a genuine discrepancy check and not a tool for voter suppression. The supplementary lists need to come out fast.
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David E
Interesting data. The concentration in districts bordering Bangladesh is statistically significant. The ECI sharing soft copies with parties is a smart move for accountability. The process seems robust on paper.
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Karthik V
My father's name was in the 'under adjudication' category last time. It took weeks of visits to the BLO office to get it sorted. The offline system needs to be more efficient and less harrowing for common people.

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