Fate of 27 lakh + names in limbo after voter list freeze
The voter list for the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 was frozen at midnight on Monday, Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal had announced on Monday evening.
The voter list for the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 was frozen at midnight on Monday, Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal had announced on Monday evening.
The Election Commission will release the second phase of the updated voter list on Monday evening, publishing details of all pending voter entries that have been processed so far.
Tamil Nadu final electoral roll after SIR: Of the total 5.67 crore voters in the southern state, 2.77 crore are males, while 2.89 crore are females.
As over 3.26 crore voters would receive notices regarding their inclusion in the voter list, the ECI has extended the time for claims and objections from February to March 6.
In a statement, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale said ECI officials had now acknowledged that software-related errors were responsible for the deletion of names of legitimate voters from the electoral rolls.
A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard the petitions filed by political parties seeking to extend the deadline.
Taking to platform X, Gandhi shared a photograph of himself having tea with seven individuals who, according to the electoral rolls, were listed as "dead." The incident has sparked widespread outrage and raised questions about the accuracy of the voter lists revision exercise.
However, the Election Commission promptly responded with a copy of the draft voter list showing the RJD leader’s name included.
The ECI has refuted his claim and said that the RJD leader’s name is there in the draft voter list.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi warned on Monday that there was a possibility of manipulation of voter list in the 2028 Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls too, just like what he claimed happened in Maharashtra.
