Initial trends shared by the State Election Commission (SEC) showed the ruling LDF, the opposition UDF and the NDA leading in various grama panchayat, block panchayat, municipality and corporation wards. Thiruvananthapuram: The counting of votes polled for the 1
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SC hearing on SIR updates: Follow The Hindu's live updates as the Supreme Court heard the pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct pan-India Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls on Wednesday (November 26, 2025)
Psephologist and activist Yogendra Yadav and economist Parakala Prabhakar were among the public intellectuals who forecast “the highest disenfranchisement in the history of the nation” in West Bengal due to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' lists, claiming that the exercise is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's ‘misuse of state machinery' ahead of Assembly polls in the State.
“From the very first day I have maintained that SIR was always meant for Bengal. Bihar was just the testing ground… SIR is a votebandi exercise set to undermine the universality of India's universal adult franchise,” Mr. Yadav said. He was addressing a Kolkata public event organised by civil society groups, The Educationists' Forum, West Bengal, and Desh Bachao Gano Mancha on Saturday (November 22, 2025).
Nearly 14 lakh SIR enumeration forms have so far been identified as “uncollectable” in West Bengal, the Election Commission said. These forms are “uncollectable” since the voters were either absentee, duplicate, dead or permanently shifted, an official said. - PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) urged Booth Level Officers (BLOs) not to resort to take extreme steps amid the rising concerns of work pressure. This came after three BLOs died in the State amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
Mamata Banerjee urges Booth Level Officers in West Bengal to prioritise life and seek help amid rising work pressure
On November 21, three welfare organisations from Sonagachi, one of Asia's largest red light areas, wrote to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal Manoj Kumar Agarwal seeking special considerations and assistance during SIR for the sex worker community.
Soon after, Mr. Agarwal announced special camps for sex workers and their families and assured them that he would try to visit the SIR camp and personally ensure that Sonagachi's nearly 15,000-strong community of sex workers do not face difficulties during the exercise.
Kolkata's Sonagachi sex workers seek electoral assistance amid SIR fears, advocating for recognition and rights protection.
Justice Joymalya Bagchi, the Associate Judge on the Bench, observed that EC has an inherent jurisdiction to verify and vet entries in electoral rolls which are of “doubtful integrity”. Justice Bagchi observed that the inherent jurisdiction of the ECI to “examine, vet, verify” documents submitted to it was traceable to Section 21 of the Representation of the People Act and Article 326, which required a voter to be a citizen.
Supreme Court questions if Aadhaar can grant voting rights to foreigners accessing welfare benefits, highlighting concerns over electoral integrity.
The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across several States has imposed an “inhuman workload and coercive pressure” on booth-level officers (BLOs) and other poll officials, resulting in multiple cardiac arrests, collapses and deaths, according to a complaint filed with the National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday (November 25, 2025).
Complaint to NHRC highlights inhumane pressures on BLOs during electoral roll revision, resulting in deaths and voter disenfranchisement.
Published - November 27, 2025 08:54 am IST
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Source: TheHindu
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Initial trends shared by the State Election Commission (SEC) showed the ruling LDF, the opposition UDF and the NDA leading in various grama panchayat, block panchayat, municipality and corporation wards. Thiruvananthapuram: The counting of votes polled for the 1
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