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Bengal's Digital Push: 19% Voter Forms Digitized in Election Overhaul

The Election Commission has made significant progress in digitizing West Bengal's voter forms, completing nearly 20% of the total target. This marks the first stage of a three-phase process that began earlier this month. Officials are confident they'll meet the November deadline for full digitization as the pace continues steadily. The Special Intensive Revision, happening across 12 states, represents the first such comprehensive update since 2002.

Key Points: West Bengal Election Commission Digitizes 19% Voter Forms

  • First phase completed with 1.48 crore forms digitized from November 8 start
  • 2.25 lakh enumeration forms remain undelivered to Bengal voters
  • Process spans 12 states with March 2026 completion target
  • AADHAR card requires additional identity document for verification
  • 2002 electoral roll serves as baseline for automatic voter validation
  • Special Intensive Revision last conducted in West Bengal 23 years ago
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Bengal SIR: Digitisation of 19.36 pc of enumeration forms completed

Election Commission completes digitization of 1.48 crore voter forms in Bengal's Special Intensive Revision, targeting full completion by month-end amid massive electoral update.

"The entire process to be completed well within the commission-set deadline - CEO Office Officials"

Kolkata, Nov 19

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has completed digitising 19.36 per cent of the enumeration forms collected by booth-level officers in West Bengal as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

This marks the completion of the first stage of the three-phase process, which began on November 8.

According to statistics provided by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, till 6 p.m. on Wednesday, digitisation had been completed for around 1.48 crore enumeration forms, which is 19.36 per cent of the total of 7,64,11,983 enumerations already distributed among the voters in the state.

The total number of electors in West Bengal as per the electoral roll as on October 27, 2025, is 7,66,37,529, which means that 2,25,546 enumeration forms are yet to be distributed.

ECI has set a target for completing the digitisation process of the voters' details mentioned in the enumeration forms by the end of the current month of November, and going by the pace of the current digitisation process.

The CEO's office officials said that the entire process to be completed well within the commission-set deadline.

Currently, the SIR process is going on in a total of 12 Indian states and Union Territories, including West Bengal. The entire process is expected to be completed by March next year.

The last time that the SIR was conducted in West Bengal was in 2002.

The current voters having their or their parents' names in the voters' list for 2002 will automatically be deemed as valid voters in the current SIR process. Those not having their or their parents' names will have to provide any of the 11 identity documents specified by the ECI to retain their names in the voters' list.

Although, AADHAR card has been included as the 12th document in the list, the commission had made it clear that those furnishing AADHAR cards will have to submit one more among the 11 other identity documents specified by the commission.

- IANS

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Rohit P
Only 19% completed? That's quite slow for a process that started on Nov 8. Hope they speed up or we'll face issues during elections. The Aadhar requirement seems unnecessary when it's already a valid ID.
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Arjun K
Last SIR was in 2002! That's 23 years ago! No wonder there are so many ghost voters and errors in electoral rolls. This digitization is much needed for fair elections in Bengal.
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Sarah B
As someone who recently moved to Kolkata, I appreciate the transparency in this process. The detailed numbers help citizens understand the scale of work involved. Hope they maintain this transparency throughout.
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Vikram M
The 2002 parent name rule is interesting. Many young voters might not know if their parents were registered back then. ECI should make this information easily accessible online.
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Michael C
Working with 7.6 crore voter records is massive! The scale of India's democracy never fails to amaze me. Hope the digitization improves voter verification and reduces electoral fraud.

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